1 Ouvimos, ó Deus, com os próprios ouvidos;
nossos pais nos têm contado
o que outrora fizeste, em seus dias.
2 Como por tuas próprias mãos desapossaste as nações
e os estabeleceste;
oprimiste os povos
e aos pais deste largueza.
3 Pois não foi por sua espada que possuíram a terra,
nem foi o seu braço que lhes deu vitória,
e sim a tua destra, e o teu braço,
e o fulgor do teu rosto,
porque te agradaste deles.
4 Tu és o meu rei, ó Deus;
ordena a vitória de Jacó.
5 Com o teu auxílio, vencemos os nossos inimigos;
em teu nome, calcamos aos pés os que se levantam contra nós.
6 Não confio no meu arco,
e não é a minha espada que me salva.
7 Pois tu nos salvaste dos nossos inimigos
e cobriste de vergonha os que nos odeiam.
8 Em Deus, nos temos gloriado continuamente
e para sempre louvaremos o teu nome.
9 Agora, porém, tu nos lançaste fora, e nos expuseste à vergonha,
e já não sais com os nossos exércitos.
10 Tu nos fazes bater em retirada à vista dos nossos inimigos,
e os que nos odeiam nos tomam por seu despojo.
11 Entregaste-nos como ovelhas para o corte
e nos espalhaste entre as nações.
12 Vendes por um nada o teu povo
e nada lucras com o seu preço.
13 Tu nos fazes opróbrio dos nossos vizinhos,
escárnio e zombaria aos que nos rodeiam.
14 Pões-nos por ditado entre as nações,
alvo de meneios de cabeça entre os povos.
15 A minha ignomínia está sempre diante de mim;
cobre-se de vergonha o meu rosto,
16 ante os gritos do que afronta e blasfema,
à vista do inimigo e do vingador.
17 Tudo isso nos sobreveio;
entretanto, não nos esquecemos de ti,
nem fomos infiéis à tua aliança.
18 Não tornou atrás o nosso coração,
nem se desviaram os nossos passos dos teus caminhos,
19 para nos esmagares onde vivem os chacais
e nos envolveres com as sombras da morte.
20 Se tivéssemos esquecido o nome do nosso Deus
ou tivéssemos estendido as mãos a deus estranho,
21 porventura, não o teria atinado Deus,
ele, que conhece os segredos dos corações?
22 Mas, por amor de ti, somos entregues à morte continuamente,
somos considerados como ovelhas para o matadouro.
23 Desperta! Por que dormes, Senhor?
Desperta! Não nos rejeites para sempre!
24 Por que escondes a face
e te esqueces da nossa miséria e da nossa opressão?
25 Pois a nossa alma está abatida até ao pó,
e o nosso corpo, como que pegado no chão.
26 Levanta-te para socorrer-nos
e resgata-nos por amor da tua benignidade.
1 We have heard with our ears, O God,
Our fathers have told us,
What work thou didst in their days,
In the days of old.
2 Thou didst drive out the nations with thy hand;
But them thou didst plant:
Thou didst afflict the peoples;
But them thou didst spread abroad.
3 For they gat not the land in possession by their own sword,
Neither did their own arm save them;
But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance,
Because thou wast favorable unto them.
4 Thou art my King, O God:
Command deliverance for Jacob.
5 Through thee will we push down our adversaries:
Through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
6 For I will not trust in my bow,
Neither shall my sword save me.
7 But thou hast saved us from our adversaries,
And hast put them to shame that hate us.
8 In God have we made our boast all the day long,
And we will give thanks unto thy name for ever. [Selah
9 But now thou hast cast us off, and brought us to dishonor,
And goest not forth with our hosts.
10 Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary;
And they that hate us take spoil for themselves.
11 Thou hast made us like sheep appointed for food,
And hast scattered us among the nations.
12 Thou sellest thy people for nought,
And hast not increased thy wealth by their price.
13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors,
A scoffing and a derision to them that are round about us.
14 Thou makest us a byword among the nations,
A shaking of the head among the peoples.
15 All the day long is my dishonor before me,
And the shame of my face hath covered me,
16 For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth,
By reason of the enemy and the avenger.
17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee,
Neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
18 Our heart is not turned back,
Neither have our steps declined from thy way,
19 That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals,
And covered us with the shadow of death.
20 If we have forgotten the name of our God,
Or spread forth our hands to a strange god;
21 Will not God search this out?
For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long;
We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord?
Arise, cast us not off for ever.
24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face,
And forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust:
Our body cleaveth unto the earth.
26 Rise up for our help,
And redeem us for thy lovingkindness’ sake.
1 We have heard it with our ears, O God; our ancestors have told us what you did in their days, in days long ago.
2 With your hand you drove out the nations and planted our ancestors; you crushed the peoples and made our ancestors flourish.
3 It was not by their sword that they won the land, nor did their arm bring them victory; it was your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, for you loved them.
4 You are my King and my God, who decrees "victories for Jacob.
5 Through you we push back our enemies; through your name we trample our foes.
6 I put no trust in my bow, my sword does not bring me victory;
7 but you give us victory over our enemies, you put our adversaries to shame.
8 In God we make our boast all day long, and we will praise your name forever. [^2]
9 But now you have rejected and humbled us; you no longer go out with our armies.
10 You made us retreat before the enemy, and our adversaries have plundered us.
11 You gave us up to be devoured like sheep and have scattered us among the nations.
12 You sold your people for a pittance, gaining nothing from their sale.
13 You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, the scorn and derision of those around us.
14 You have made us a byword among the nations; the peoples shake their heads at us.
15 I live in disgrace all day long, and my face is covered with shame
16 at the taunts of those who reproach and revile me, because of the enemy, who is bent on revenge.
17 All this came upon us, though we had not forgotten you; we had not been false to your covenant.
18 Our hearts had not turned back; our feet had not strayed from your path.
19 But you crushed us and made us a haunt for jackals; you covered us over with deep darkness.
20 If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
21 would not God have discovered it, since he knows the secrets of the heart?
22 Yet for your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
23 Awake, Lord! Why do you sleep? Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever.
24 Why do you hide your face and forget our misery and oppression?
25 We are brought down to the dust; our bodies cling to the ground.
26 Rise up and help us; rescue us because of your unfailing love.