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 shame16 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.

1 In finem, pro iis qui commutabuntur. Filiis Core, ad intellectum. Canticum pro dilecto. 2 [Eructavit cor meum verbum bonum :dico ego opera mea regi.Lingua mea calamus scribvelociter scribentis.3 Speciosus forma pr filiis hominum,diffusa est gratia in labiis tuis :propterea benedixit te Deus in ternum.4 Accingere gladio tuo super femur tuum, potentissime.5 Specie tua et pulchritudine tuaintende, prospere procede, et regna,propter veritatem, et mansuetudinem, et justitiam ;et deducet te mirabiliter dextera tua.6 Sagitt tu acut :populi sub te cadent,in corda inimicorum regis.7 Sedes tua, Deus, in sculum sculi ;virga directionis virga regni tui.8 Dilexisti justitiam, et odisti iniquitatem ;propterea unxit te Deus, Deus tuus,oleo ltiti, pr consortibus tuis.9 Myrrha, et gutta, et casia a vestimentis tuis,a domibus eburneis ; ex quibus delectaverunt te10 fili regum in honore tuo.Astitit regina a dextris tuisin vestitu deaurato, circumdata varietate.11 Audi, filia, et vide, et inclina aurem tuam ;et obliviscere populum tuum, et domum patris tui.12 Et concupiscet rex decorem tuum,quoniam ipse est Dominus Deus tuus, et adorabunt eum.13 Et fili Tyri in muneribus vultum tuum deprecabuntur ;omnes divites plebis.14 Omnis gloria ejus fili regis ab intus,in fimbriis aureis,15 circumamicta varietatibus.Adducentur regi virgines post eam ;proxim ejus afferentur tibi.16 Afferentur in ltitia et exsultatione ;adducentur in templum regis.17 Pro patribus tuis nati sunt tibi filii ;constitues eos principes super omnem terram.18 Memores erunt nominis tui in omni generatione et generationem :propterea populi confitebuntur tibi in ternum, et in sculum sculi.]