1 O God, we have heard with our ears. Our fathers have told us what work You did in their days, in the days long ago.

O God, with our ears have we heard, our fathers have told us, the work thou wroughtest in their days, in the days of old:

2 W ith Your own hand You made the nations leave, and put our fathers in the land. You brought trouble upon the nations, and You spread them out.

Thou, by thy hand, didst dispossess the nations, but them thou didst plant; thou didst afflict the peoples, but them didst thou cause to spread out.

3 I t was not by their sword that they took the land. Their own arm did not save them. But it was Your right hand, and Your arm, and the light of Your face, for You favored them.

For not by their own sword did they take possession of the land, neither did their own arm save them; but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst delight in them.

4 Y ou are my King, O God. Jacob wins because You say it must be so.

Thou thyself art my king, O God: command deliverance for Jacob.

5 T hrough You we will push away those who hate us. Through Your name we will walk over those 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 my bow, and my sword will not save me.

For I will not put confidence in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

7 B ut You have saved us from those who fight against us. You have put to shame those who hate us.

For thou hast saved us from our adversaries, and hast put them to shame that hate us.

8 I n God we have had our pride all day long. And we will give thanks to Your name forever.

In God will we boast all the day, and we will praise thy name for ever. Selah.

9 B ut now You have turned from us and have put us to shame. You do not go out with our armies.

But thou hast cast off, and put us to confusion, and dost not go forth with our armies;

10 Y ou made us turn away from those who fight against us. And those who hate us have robbed us.

Thou hast made us to turn back from the adversary, and they that hate us spoil for themselves;

11 Y ou give us up to be eaten like sheep. You have spread us out among the nations.

Thou hast given us over like sheep for meat, and hast scattered us among the nations;

12 Y ou sell Your people for nothing, and become no richer from their price.

Thou hast sold thy people for nought, and hast not increased by their price;

13 Y ou have made us a shame to our neighbors. Those around us laugh and make fun of us.

Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a mockery and a derision for them that are round about us;

14 Y ou have made us hated among the nations. The people laugh at us.

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

15 A ll day long my shame is with me and has become too much for me.

All the day my confusion is before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,

16 T hose who talk against me, and who hate me are around me and want to punish me.

Because of the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and the avenger.

17 A ll this has come upon us, but we have not forgotten You. We have not been false to Your agreement.

All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely against thy covenant:

18 O ur heart has not turned away. And our steps have not turned from Your way.

Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy path;

19 B ut You have crushed us in a place of wild dogs, and covered us with the shadow of death.

Though thou hast crushed 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 put out our hands to a strange god,

If we had forgotten the name of our God, and 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 search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

22 B ut we are killed all day long because of You. We are thought of as sheep that are ready to be killed.

But for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are reckoned as sheep for slaughter.

23 A wake, O Lord! Why do You sleep? Rise up! Do not turn away from us forever.

Awake, why sleepest thou, Lord? arise, cast not off for ever.

24 W hy do You hide Your face? Why do You forget our troubles and our suffering?

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

25 F or our soul is brought down to the dust. Our body holds on to the earth.

For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly cleaveth unto the earth.

26 R ise up and help us! Save us because of Your loving-kindness.

Rise up for our help, and redeem us for thy loving-kindness' sake.