1 ¶ We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days in the times 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 H ow thou didst drive out the Gentiles with thy hand and plant them in their place; how thou didst afflict the peoples and cast them out.

Thou, Thy hand, nations hast dispossessed. And Thou dost plant them. Thou afflictest peoples, and sendest them away.

3 F or they did not get the land in inheritance 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 thy delight was 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 T hou art my King, O God; command saving health unto Jacob.

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

5 T hrough thee will we push down our enemies; through thy name will we tread under those that 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 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 thou hast saved us from our enemies and hast put to shame those that hated us.

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

8 I n God we boast all the day long and praise thy name for ever. Selah.

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

9 ¶ But thou hast cast us off and put us to shame and doth not go forth with our armies.

In anger Thou hast cast off and causest us to blush, And goest not forth with our hosts.

10 T hou makest us to turn back from the enemy, and we are spoiled by those who hate us.

Thou causest us to turn backward from an adversary, And those hating us, Have spoiled for themselves.

11 T hou hast given us over like sheep appointed for food and hast scattered us among the Gentiles.

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

12 T hou hast sold thy people for nothing and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.

Thou sellest Thy people -- without wealth, And hast not become great by their price.

13 T hou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to those that are round about us.

Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a reproach to our surrounders.

14 T hou makest us a byword among the Gentiles, a shaking of the head among the people.

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

15 M y confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face has covered me,

All the day my confusion before me, And the shame of my face hath covered me.

16 f or the voice of him that reproaches and blasphemes by reason of the enemy and of the avenger.

Because of the voice of a reproacher and reviler, Because of an enemy and a self-avenger.

17 ¶ All this is come upon us; yet we have not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.

All this met us, and we did not forget Thee, Nor have we dealt falsely in Thy covenant.

18 O ur heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way

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

19 t hough thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons and covered us 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 have 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 s hall not God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.

Doth not God search out this? For He knoweth the secrets of the heart.

22 Y ea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted 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 sleepest thou, O Lord? Arise, do not cast us off for ever.

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

24 W hy dost thou hide thy face and forget our affliction and our oppression?

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

25 F or our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly cleaves unto the earth.

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

26 A rise for our help and ransom us for thy mercies’ sake.

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