1 [To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. An instruction.] O God, with our ears have we heard, our fathers have told us, the work thou wroughtest in their days, in the days of old:

2 Thou, by thy hand, didst dispossess the nations, but them thou didst plant; thou didst afflict the peoples, but them didst thou cause to spread out.

3 For not by their own sword did they take possession of the land, neither did their own arm save them; but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst delight in them.

4 Thou thyself 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 put confidence in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

7 For thou hast saved us from our adversaries, and hast put them to shame that hate us.

8 In God will we boast all the day, and we will praise thy name for ever. Selah.

9 But thou hast cast off, and put us to confusion, and dost not go forth with our armies;

10 Thou hast made us to turn back from the adversary, and they that hate us spoil for themselves;

11 Thou hast given us over like sheep {appointed} for meat, and hast scattered us among the nations;

12 Thou hast sold thy people for nought, and hast not increased {thy wealth} by their price;

13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a mockery and a derision for 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 my confusion is before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,

16 Because of 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 against thy covenant:

18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy path;

19 Though thou hast crushed us in the place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.

20 If we had forgotten the name of our God, and stretched out our hands to a strange *god,

21 Would not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

22 But for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are reckoned as sheep for slaughter.

23 Awake, why sleepest thou, 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 belly cleaveth unto the earth.

26 Rise up for our help, and redeem us for thy loving-kindness' sake.

1 神啊！ 你在古时， 在我们列祖的日子所作的事， 我们亲耳听见了， 我们的列祖也给我们述说过。

2 你曾亲手把列国赶出去， 却栽培了我们的列祖； 你曾苦待众民， 却使我们的列祖昌盛。

3 因为他们取得那地， 不是靠自己的刀剑； 他们得胜， 也不是靠自己的膀臂； 而是靠你的右手、你的膀臂和你脸上的光， 因为你喜悦他们。

4 神啊！ 你是我的王； 求你出令， 使雅各得胜。

5 我们靠着你， 必打倒我们的敌人； 靠着你的名， 必践踏那些起来攻击我们的。

6 因为我不是倚靠我的弓， 我的刀剑也不能使我得胜。

7 但你使我们胜过了我们的敌人， 使憎恨我们的人都羞愧。

8 我们整天因 神夸耀， 我们要永远称赞你的名。（细拉）

9 现在， 你却弃绝我们， 使我们受辱， 不再和我们的军队一同出征。

10 你使我们在敌人面前转身后退； 憎恨我们的人都任意抢掠。

11 你使我们像给人宰吃的羊， 把我们分散在列国中。

12 你把你的子民廉价出售； 他们的售价并没有使你得到利益。

13 你使我们成为邻居的羞辱， 成为我们四周的人讥笑和讽刺的对象。

14 你使我们在列国中成为话柄， 在万民中使人摇头。

15 我的羞辱整天在我面前， 我脸上的羞愧把我遮盖了；

16 都因那辱骂和毁谤的人的声音， 并因仇敌和报仇者的缘故。

17 这一切临到我们身上， 我们却没有忘记你， 也没有违背你的约。

18 我们的心没有退后， 我们的脚步也没有偏离你的路。

19 但你竟在野狗之地把我们压伤了， 又以死亡的阴影笼罩我们。

20 如果我们忘记了我们 神的名， 或是向别神伸手祷告；

21 神不会查究这事吗？因为他知道人心的隐秘。

22 为你的缘故， 我们终日被置于死地； 人看我们如同将宰的羊。

23 主啊！ 求你醒来， 为什么还睡着呢？求你起来， 不要永远弃绝我们。

24 你为什么掩面， 忘记了我们的苦难和压迫呢？

25 我们俯伏在尘土之上； 我们的身体紧贴地面。

26 求你起来帮助我们， 为了你慈爱的缘故救赎我们。