1 W e have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us work You did in their days, in the days of old.

We have heard with our ears, O God, Our fathers have told us, What work thou didst in their days, In the days of old.

2 Y ou drove out the nations with Your hand and it was Your power that gave a home by rooting out the peoples, but You spread out.

Thou didst drive out the nations with thy hand; But them thou didst plant: Thou didst afflict the peoples; But them thou didst spread abroad.

3 F or they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but Your right hand and Your arm and the light of Your countenance, because You were favorable toward and did delight in them.

For they gat not the land in possession 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 thou wast favorable unto them.

4 Y ou are my King, O God; command victories and deliverance for Jacob (Israel).

Thou art my King, O God: Command deliverance for Jacob.

5 T hrough You shall we push down our enemies; through Your name shall we tread them under who rise up against us.

Through thee will we push down our adversaries: Through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.

6 F or I will not trust in and lean on my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

For I will not trust in my bow, Neither shall my sword save me.

7 B ut You have saved us from our foes and have put them to shame who hate us.

But thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And hast put them to shame that hate us.

8 I n God we have made our boast all the day long, and we will give thanks to Your name forever. Selah!

In God have we made our boast all the day long, And we will give thanks unto thy name for ever. Selah

9 B ut now You have cast us off and brought us to dishonor, and You go not out with our armies.

But now thou hast cast us off, and brought us to dishonor, And goest not forth with our hosts.

10 Y ou make us to turn back from the enemy, and they who hate us take spoil for themselves.

Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary; And they that hate us take spoil for themselves.

11 Y ou have made us like sheep intended for mutton and have scattered us in exile among the nations.

Thou hast made us like sheep appointed for food, And hast scattered us among the nations.

12 Y ou sell Your people for nothing, and have not increased Your wealth by their price.

Thou sellest thy people for nought, And hast not increased thy wealth by their price.

13 Y ou have made us the taunt of our neighbors, a scoffing and a derision to those who are round about us.

Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and a derision to them that are round about us.

14 Y ou make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the heads among the people.

Thou makest us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples.

15 M y dishonor is before me all day long, and shame has covered my face

All the day long is my dishonor before me, And the shame of my face hath covered me,

16 A t the words of the taunter and reviler, by reason of the enemy and the revengeful.

For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth, By reason of the enemy and the avenger.

17 A ll this is come upon us, yet have we not forgotten You, neither have we been false to Your covenant.

All this is come upon us; Yet have we not forgotten thee, Neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.

18 O ur hearts are not turned back, neither have our steps declined from Your path,

Our heart is not turned back, Neither have our steps declined from thy way,

19 T hough You have distressingly broken us in the place of jackals and covered us with deep darkness, even with the shadow of death.

That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death.

20 I f we had forgotten the name of our God or stretched out our hands to a strange god,

If we have forgotten the name of our God, Or spread forth our hands to a strange god;

21 W ould not God discover this? For He knows the secrets of the heart.

Will not God search this out? For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

22 N o, but for Your sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

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

23 A wake! Why do You sleep, O Lord? Arouse Yourself, cast us not off forever!

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

24 W hy do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and our oppression?

Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

25 F or our lives are bowed down to the dust; our bodies cleave to the ground.

For our soul is bowed down to the dust: Our body cleaveth unto the earth.

26 R ise up! Come to our help, and deliver us for Your mercy’s sake and because of Your steadfast love!

Rise up for our help, And redeem us for thy lovingkindness' sake.