| Berean Study Bible | King James Bible |
| 1For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old. | 1To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil. 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. |
| 2With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out. | 2How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out. |
| 3For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them. | 3For they got not the land in possession 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 thou hadst a favour unto them. |
| 4You are my King, O God, who ordains victories for Jacob. | 4Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob. |
| 5Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies. | 5Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us. |
| 6For I do not trust in my bow, nor does my sword save me. | 6For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. |
| 7For You save us from our enemies; You put those who hate us to shame. | 7But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us. |
| 8In God we have boasted all day long, and Your name we will praise forever. Selah | 8In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah. |
| 9But You have rejected and humbled us; You no longer go forth with our armies. | 9But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies. |
| 10You have made us retreat from the foe, and those who hate us have plundered us. | 10Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves. |
| 11You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations. | 11Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen. |
| 12You sell Your people for nothing; no profit do You gain from their sale. | 12Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price. |
| 13You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us. | 13Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us. |
| 14You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples. | 14Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people. |
| 15All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face, | 15My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me, |
| 16at the voice of the scorner and reviler, because of the enemy, bent on revenge. | 16For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger. |
| 17All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant. | 17All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant. |
| 18Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path. | 18Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way; |
| 19But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals; You have covered us with deepest darkness. | 19Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death. |
| 20If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god, | 20If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god; |
| 21would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart? | 21Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. |
| 22Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered. | 22Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter. |
| 23Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever. | 23Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever. |
| 24Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression? | 24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression? |
| 25For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth. | 25For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth. |
| 26Rise up; be our help! Redeem us on account of Your loving devotion. | 26Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake. |
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