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, God; our fathers have told us, what work you did 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.

You drove out the nations with your hand, but you planted them. You afflicted the peoples, but you spread them 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 didn’t get 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 face, because you were favorable to them.

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

You are my King, God. Command victories 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 you, will we push down our adversaries. Through your name, will we tread them under who 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 you have saved us from our adversaries, and have shamed those who 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 we have made our boast all day long, we will give thanks to your name forever. 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 you rejected us, and brought us to dishonor, and don’t go out with our armies.

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

You make us turn back from the adversary. Those who hate us take plunder for themselves.

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

You have made us like sheep for food, and have scattered us among the nations.

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

You sell your people for nothing, and have gained nothing from their sale.

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

You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and a derision to those who are around us.

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

You make 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 day long my dishonor is before me, and shame covers my face,

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

At the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses, because 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 has come on us, yet have we not forgotten you, Neither have we been false to your covenant.

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

Our heart has not turned back, neither have our steps strayed from your path,

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.

Though you have crushed us in the haunt 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 out our hands to a strange god;

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

won’t God search this out? For he knows 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.

Yes, for your sake we are killed all day long. We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter.

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

Wake up! Why do you sleep, Lord? Arise! Don’t reject us forever.

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

Why do you hide your face, and forget 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 clings to 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 to help us. Redeem us for your loving kindness’ sake.