1To the chief Musician5329 for the sons1121 of Korah7141, Maschil4905. We have heard8085 with our ears241, O God430, our fathers1 have told5608 us, what work6467 thou didst6466 in their days3117, in the times3117 of old6924.
2How thou didst drive out3423 the heathen1471 with thy hand3027, and plantedst5193 them; how thou didst afflict7489 the people3816, and cast them out7971.
3For they got3423 not the land776 in possession3423 by their own sword2719, neither did their own arm2220 save3467 them: but thy right hand3225, and thine arm2220, and the light216 of thy countenance6440, because thou hadst a favour7521 unto them.
4Thou art my King4428, O God430: command6680 deliverances3444 for Jacob3290.
5Through thee will we push down5055 our enemies6862: through thy name8034 will we tread them under947 that rise up6965 against us.
6For I will not trust982 in my bow7198, neither shall my sword2719 save3467 me.
7But thou hast saved3467 us from our enemies6862, and hast put them to shame954 that hated8130 us.
8In God430 we boast1984 all the day3117 long, and praise3034 thy name8034 for ever5769. Selah5542.
9But637 thou hast cast off2186, and put us to shame3637; and goest not forth3318 with our armies6635.
10Thou makest us to turn7725 back268 from the enemy6862: and they which hate8130 us spoil8154 for themselves.
11Thou hast given5414 us like sheep6629 appointed for meat3978; and hast scattered2219 us among the heathen1471.
12Thou sellest4376 thy people5971 for nought1952, and dost not increase7235 thy wealth by their price4242.
13Thou makest7760 us a reproach2781 to our neighbours7934, a scorn3933 and a derision7047 to them that are round about5439 us.
14Thou makest7760 us a byword4912 among the heathen1471, a shaking4493 of the head7218 among the people3816.
15My confusion3639 is continually3117 before me, and the shame1322 of my face6440 hath covered3680 me,
16For the voice6963 of him that reproacheth2778 and blasphemeth1442; by reason6440 of the enemy341 and avenger5358.
17All this is come935 upon us; yet have we not forgotten7911 thee, neither have we dealt falsely8266 in thy covenant1285.
18Our heart3820 is not turned5472 back268, neither have our steps838 declined5186 from thy way734;
19Though thou hast sore broken1794 us in the place4725 of dragons8577, and covered3680 us with the shadow of death6757.
20If we have forgotten7911 the name8034 of our God430, or stretched out6566 our hands3709 to a strange2114 god410;
21Shall not God430 search this out2713? for he knoweth3045 the secrets8587 of the heart3820.
22Yea, for thy sake are we killed2026 all the day3117 long; we are counted2803 as sheep6629 for the slaughter2878.
23Awake5782, why sleepest3462 thou, O Lord136? arise6974, cast us not off2186 for ever5331.
24Wherefore hidest5641 thou thy face6440, and forgettest7911 our affliction6040 and our oppression3906?
25For our soul5315 is bowed down7743 to the dust6083: our belly990 cleaveth1692 unto the earth776.
26Arise6965 for our help5833, and redeem6299 us for thy mercies'2617 sake.