1 O God, we have heard with our ears, Our fathers have told us The work that You did in their days, In the days of old.

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

2 Y ou with Your own hand drove out the nations; Then You planted them; You afflicted the peoples, Then You spread them abroad.

You 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.

3 F or by their own sword they did not possess the land, And their own arm did not save them, But Your right hand and Your arm and the light of Your presence, For You favored them.

For 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.

4 Y ou are my King, O God; Command victories for Jacob.

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

5 T hrough You we will push back our adversaries; Through Your name we will trample down those who rise up against us.

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

6 F or I will not trust in my bow, Nor will my sword save me.

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

7 B ut You have saved us from our adversaries, And You have put to shame those who hate us.

But You have saved us from our foes and have put them to shame who hate us.

8 I n God we have boasted all day long, And we will give thanks to Your name forever. Selah.

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

9 Y et You have rejected us and brought us to dishonor, And do not go out with our armies.

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

10 Y ou cause us to turn back from the adversary; And those who hate us have taken spoil for themselves.

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

11 Y ou give us as sheep to be eaten And have scattered us among the nations.

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

12 Y ou sell Your people cheaply, And have not profited by their sale.

You sell Your people for nothing, and have not increased Your wealth by their price.

13 Y ou make us a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and a derision to those around us.

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

14 Y ou make us a byword among the nations, A laughingstock among the peoples.

You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the heads among the people.

15 A ll day long my dishonor is before me And my humiliation has overwhelmed me,

My dishonor is before me all day long, and shame has covered my face

16 B ecause of the voice of him who reproaches and reviles, Because of the presence of the enemy and the avenger.

At the words of the taunter and reviler, by reason of the enemy and the revengeful.

17 A ll this has come upon us, but we have not forgotten You, And we have not dealt falsely with Your covenant.

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

18 O ur heart has not turned back, And our steps have not deviated from Your way,

Our hearts are not turned back, neither have our steps declined from Your path,

19 Y et You have crushed us in a place of jackals And covered us with the shadow of death.

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

20 I f we had forgotten the name of our God Or extended our hands to a strange god,

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

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

Would not God discover this? For He knows the secrets of the heart.

22 B ut for Your sake we are killed all day long; We are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.

No, but for Your sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

23 A rouse Yourself, why do You sleep, O Lord? Awake, do not reject us forever.

Awake! Why do You sleep, O Lord? Arouse Yourself, cast us not off 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 soul has sunk down into the dust; Our body cleaves to the earth.

For our lives are bowed down to the dust; our bodies cleave to the ground.

26 R ise up, be our help, And redeem us for the sake of Your lovingkindness.

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