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.

To the Overseer. -- By sons of Korah. An Instruction. O God, with our ears we have heard, Our fathers have recounted to us, The work Thou didst work 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, Thy hand, nations hast dispossessed. And Thou dost plant them. Thou afflictest peoples, and sendest them away.

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, not by their sword Possessed they the land, And their arm gave not salvation to them, But Thy right hand, and Thine arm, And the light of Thy countenance, Because Thou hadst accepted them.

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

Thou He, my king, O God, Command the deliverances of Jacob.

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

By Thee our adversaries we do push, By Thy name tread down our withstanders,

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

For, not in my bow do I trust, And my sword doth not save me.

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

For Thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And those hating us Thou hast put to shame.

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 boasted all the day, And Thy name to the age we thank. Selah.

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

In anger Thou hast cast off and causest us to blush, 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 causest us to turn backward from an adversary, And those hating us, Have spoiled for themselves.

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

Thou makest us food like sheep, And among nations Thou hast scattered us.

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

Thou sellest Thy people -- without wealth, And hast not become great 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 neighbours, A scorn and a reproach to our surrounders.

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

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

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

All the day my confusion 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.

Because of the voice of a reproacher and reviler, Because of an enemy and a self-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 met us, and we did not forget Thee, Nor have we dealt falsely in Thy covenant.

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

We turn not backward our heart, Nor turn aside doth our step from Thy 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.

But Thou hast smitten us in a place of dragons, And dost cover us over with death-shade.

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, And spread our hands to a strange God,

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

Doth not God search out this? 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.

Surely, for Thy sake we have been slain all the day, Reckoned as sheep of the slaughter.

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

Stir up -- why dost Thou sleep, O Lord? Awake, cast us not off for ever.

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

Why Thy face hidest Thou? Thou forgettest our afflictions and our oppression,

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

For bowed to the dust hath our soul, Cleaved to the earth hath our belly.

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

Arise, a help to us, And ransom us for thy kindness' sake.