1 | We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what deeds thou didst perform in their days, in the days of old: |
2 | thou with thy own hand didst drive out the nations, but them thou didst plant; thou didst afflict the peoples, but them thou didst set free; |
3 | for not by their own sword did they win the land, nor did their own arm give them victory; but thy right hand, and thy arm, and the light of thy countenance; for thou didst delight in them. |
4 | Thou art my King and my God, who ordainest victories for Jacob. |
5 | Through thee we push down our foes; through thy name we tread down our assailants. |
6 | For not in my bow do I trust, nor can my sword save me. |
7 | But thou hast saved us from our foes, and hast put to confusion those who hate us. |
8 | In God we have boasted continually, and we will give thanks to thy name for ever. [Selah] |
9 | Yet thou hast cast us off and abased us, and hast not gone out with our armies. |
10 | Thou hast made us turn back from the foe; and our enemies have gotten spoil. |
11 | Thou hast made us like sheep for slaughter, and hast scattered us among the nations. |
12 | Thou hast sold thy people for a trifle, demanding no high price for them. |
13 | Thou hast made us the taunt of our neighbors, the derision and scorn of those about us. |
14 | Thou hast made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples. |
15 | All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face, |
16 | at the words of the taunters and revilers, at the sight of the enemy and the avenger. |
17 | All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten thee, or been false to thy covenant. |
18 | Our heart has not turned back, nor have our steps departed from thy way, |
19 | that thou shouldst have broken us in the place of jackals, and covered us with deep darkness. |
20 | If we had forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth our hands to a strange god, |
21 | would not God discover this? For he knows the secrets of the heart. |
22 | Nay, for thy sake we are slain all the day long, and accounted as sheep for the slaughter. |
23 | Rouse thyself! Why sleepest thou, O Lord? Awake! Do not cast us off for ever! |
24 | Why dost thou hide thy face? Why dost thou forget our affliction and oppression? |
25 | For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our body cleaves to the ground. |
26 | Rise up, come to our help! Deliver us for the sake of thy steadfast love! |