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| 1To the Chief Musician. A Contemplation of the sons of Korah. We have heard with our ears, O God, Our fathers have told us, The deeds You did in their days, In days of old: | 1God, we heard it with our ears; our ancestors told us about what you did in their day— a long time ago. |
| 2You drove out the nations with Your hand, But them You planted; You afflicted the peoples, and cast them out. | 2With your hand you expelled the nations and established our ancestors. You afflicted nations and cast them out. |
| 3For they did not gain possession of the land by their own sword, Nor did their own arm save them; But it was Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your countenance, Because You favored 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. |
| 4You are my King, O God; Command victories for Jacob. | 4You are my king, God, command victories for Jacob. |
| 5Through You we will push down our enemies; Through Your name we will trample those who 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, Nor shall my sword save me. | 6For I place no confidence in my bow, nor will my sword deliver me. |
| 7But You have saved us from our enemies, And have put to shame those who hated us. | 7For you delivered us from our oppressors and put to shame those who hate us. |
| 8In God we boast all day long, And praise Your name forever. Selah | 8We will praise God all day long; and to your name we will give thanks forever. Interlude |
| 9But You have cast us off and put us to shame, And You do not go out with our armies. | 9However, you cast us off and made us ashamed! You did not even march with our armies! |
| 10You make us turn back from the enemy, And those who hate us have taken spoil for themselves. | 10You made us retreat from our oppressors. Our enemies ransacked us. |
| 11You have given us up like sheep intended for food, And have scattered us among the nations. | 11You handed us over to be slaughtered like sheep and you scattered us among the nations. |
| 12You sell Your people for next to nothing, And are not enriched by selling them. | 12You sold out your people for nothing, and made no profit at that price. |
| 13You make us a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn and a derision to those all around us. | 13You made us a laughing stock to our neighbors, a source of mockery and derision to those around us. |
| 14You make us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples. | 14You made us an object lesson among the nations; people shake their heads at us. |
| 15My dishonor is continually before me, And the shame of my face has covered me, | 15My dishonor tortures me continuously; the shame on my face overwhelms me |
| 16Because of the voice of him who reproaches and reviles, Because of the enemy and the avenger. | 16because of the voice of the one who mocks and reviles, because of the enemy and the avenger. |
| 17All this has come upon us; But we have not forgotten You, Nor have we dealt falsely with Your covenant. | 17All this came upon us, yet we did not forsake you, and we have not dealt falsely with your covenant; |
| 18Our heart has not turned back, Nor have our steps departed from Your way; | 18Our hearts have not turned away; our steps have not swerved from your path. |
| 19But You have severely broken us in the place of jackals, 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 had forgotten the name of our God, Or stretched out our hands to a foreign god, | 20If we had forgotten the name of our God or lifted our hands to a foreign god, |
| 21Would not God search this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart. | 21wouldn't God find out since he knows the secrets of the heart? |
| 22Yet for Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted 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 do You sleep, O Lord? Arise! Do not cast us off forever. | 23Wake up! Why are you asleep, Lord? Get up! Don't cast us off forever! |
| 24Why do You hide Your face, And forget 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 body clings to the ground. | 25For we have collapsed in the dust; our bodies cling to the ground. |
| 26Arise for our help, And redeem us for Your mercies’ sake. | 26Arise! Deliver us! Redeem us according to your gracious love! |
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