| New American Standard Bible 1995 | King James Bible |
| 1For the choir director. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. 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. | 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. |
| 2You with Your own hand drove out the nations; Then You planted them; You afflicted the peoples, Then You spread them abroad. | 2How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out. |
| 3For 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. | 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; Command victories for Jacob. | 4Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob. |
| 5Through You we will push back our adversaries; Through Your name we will trample down those who rise up against us. | 5Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us. |
| 6For I will not trust in my bow, Nor will my sword save me. | 6For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. |
| 7But You have saved us from our adversaries, And You have put to shame those who hate us. | 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 we will give thanks to Your name forever. Selah. | 8In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah. |
| 9Yet You have rejected us and brought us to dishonor, And do not go out with our armies. | 9But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies. |
| 10You cause us to turn back from the adversary; And those who hate us have taken spoil for themselves. | 10Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves. |
| 11You give us as sheep to be eaten And 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 cheaply, And have not profited by their sale. | 12Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price. |
| 13You make us a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and a 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 make 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 dishonor is before me And my humiliation has overwhelmed me, | 15My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me, |
| 16Because of the voice of him who reproaches and reviles, Because of the presence of the enemy and the avenger. | 16For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger. |
| 17All this has come upon us, but we have not forgotten You, And we have not dealt falsely with Your covenant. | 17All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant. |
| 18Our heart has not turned back, And our steps have not deviated from Your way, | 18Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way; |
| 19Yet You have crushed us in a place of jackals And covered us with the shadow of death. | 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 extended our hands to a strange god, | 20If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god; |
| 21Would not God find this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart. | 21Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. |
| 22But for Your sake we are killed 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. |
| 23Arouse Yourself, why do You sleep, O Lord? Awake, 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 our oppression? | 24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression? |
| 25For our soul has sunk down into the dust; Our body cleaves to the earth. | 25For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth. |
| 26Rise up, be our help, And redeem us for the sake of Your lovingkindness. | 26Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake. |
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