1 We have heard with our ears, God;

our fathers have told us what work you did in their days,

in the days of old.

2 You drove out the nations with your hand,

but you planted them.

You afflicted the peoples,

but you spread them abroad.

3 For they didn’t get the land in possession by their own sword,

neither did their own arm save them;

but your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face,

because you were favorable to them.

4 God, you are my King.

Command victories for Jacob!

5 Through you, we will push down our adversaries.

Through your name, we will tread down those who rise up against us.

6 For I will not trust in my bow,

neither will my sword save me.

7 But you have saved us from our adversaries,

and have shamed those who hate us.

8 In God we have made our boast all day long.

We will give thanks to your name forever. Selah.

9 But now you rejected us, and brought us to dishonor,

and don’t go out with our armies.

10 You make us turn back from the adversary.

Those who hate us take plunder for themselves.

11 You have made us like sheep for food,

and have scattered us among the nations.

12 You sell your people for nothing,

and have gained nothing from their sale.

13 You make us a reproach to our neighbors,

a scoffing and a derision to those who are around us.

14 You make us a byword among the nations,

a shaking of the head among the peoples.

15 All day long my dishonor is before me,

and shame covers my face,

16 at the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses,

because of the enemy and the avenger.

17 All this has come on us,

yet we haven’t forgotten you.

We haven’t been false to your covenant.

18 Our heart has not turned back,

neither have our steps strayed from your path,

19 though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals,

and covered us with the shadow of death.

20 If we have forgotten the name of our God,

or spread out our hands to a strange god,

21 won’t God search this out?

For he knows the secrets of the heart.

22 Yes, for your sake we are killed all day long.

We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter.

23 Wake up!

Why do you sleep, Lord?

Arise!

Don’t reject us forever.

24 Why do you hide your face,

and forget our affliction and our oppression?

25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust.

Our body clings to the earth.

26 Rise up to help us.

Redeem us for your loving kindness’ sake.

1 To the Overcomer for the sons of Korah, Maschil. We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days in the times of old.

2 [How] thou didst drive out the Gentiles with thy hand and plant them [in their place]; [how] thou didst afflict the peoples and cast them out.

3 For they did not get the land in inheritance 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 thy delight was in them.

4 Thou art my King, O God; command saving health unto Jacob.

5 Through thee will we push down our enemies; through thy name will we tread under those 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 enemies and hast put to shame those that hated us.

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

9 But thou hast cast [us] off and put us to shame and doth not go forth with our armies.

10 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy, and we are spoiled by those who hate us.

11 Thou hast given us [over] like sheep [appointed] for food and hast scattered us among the Gentiles.

12 Thou hast sold thy people for nothing and dost not increase [thy wealth] by their price.

13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to those that are round about us.

14 Thou makest us a byword among the Gentiles, a shaking of the head among the people.

15 My confusion [is] continually before me, and the shame of my face has covered me,

16 for the voice of him that reproaches and blasphemes by reason of the enemy and of the avenger.

17 All this is come upon us; yet we have 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 though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons and covered us with the shadow of death.

20 If we have forgotten the name of our God or stretched out our hands to a strange god,

21 shall not God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.

22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? Arise, do not cast [us] off for ever.

24 Why dost thou hide thy face [and] forget our affliction and our oppression?

25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly cleaves unto the earth.

26 Arise for our help and ransom us for thy mercies' sake.: