| King James Bible | International Standard Version |
| 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. | 1God, we heard it with our ears; our ancestors told us about what you did in their day— a long time ago. |
| 2How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out. | 2With your hand you expelled the nations and established our ancestors. You afflicted nations and cast them out. |
| 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. | 3It was not with their sword that they inherited the land, nor did their own arm deliver them. But it was by your power, your strength, and by the light of your face; because you were pleased with them. |
| 4Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob. | 4You are my king, God, command victories for Jacob. |
| 5Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us. | 5Through you we will knock down our oppressors; through your name we will tread down those who rise up against us. |
| 6For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. | 6For I place no confidence in my bow, nor will my sword deliver me. |
| 7But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us. | 7For you delivered us from our oppressors and put to shame those who hate us. |
| 8In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah. | 8We will praise God all day long; and to your name we will give thanks forever. Interlude |
| 9But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies. | 9However, you cast us off and made us ashamed! You did not even march with our armies! |
| 10Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves. | 10You made us retreat from our oppressors. Our enemies ransacked us. |
| 11Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen. | 11You handed us over to be slaughtered like sheep and you scattered us among the nations. |
| 12Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price. | 12You sold out your people for nothing, and made no profit at that price. |
| 13Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us. | 13You made us a laughing stock to our neighbors, a source of mockery and derision to those around us. |
| 14Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people. | 14You made us an object lesson among the nations; people shake their heads at us. |
| 15My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me, | 15My dishonor tortures me continuously; the shame on my face overwhelms me |
| 16For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger. | 16because of the voice of the one who mocks and reviles, because of the enemy and the avenger. |
| 17All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant. | 17All this came upon us, yet we did not forsake you, and we have not dealt falsely with your covenant; |
| 18Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way; | 18Our hearts have not turned away; our steps have not swerved from your path. |
| 19Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death. | 19Nevertheless, you crushed us in the lair of jackals, and covered us in deep darkness. |
| 20If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god; | 20If we had forgotten the name of our God or lifted our hands to a foreign god, |
| 21Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. | 21wouldn't God find out since he knows the secrets of the heart? |
| 22Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter. | 22For your sake we are being killed all day long. We are thought of as sheep to be slaughtered. |
| 23Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever. | 23Wake up! Why are you asleep, Lord? Get up! Don't cast us off forever! |
| 24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression? | 24Why are you hiding your face? Why are you ignoring our affliction and oppression? |
| 25For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth. | 25For we have collapsed in the dust; our bodies cling to the ground. |
| 26Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake. | 26Arise! Deliver us! Redeem us according to your gracious love! |
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