| New King James Version | New International Version |
| 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: | 1For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A maskil. We have heard it with our ears, O God; our ancestors have told us what you did in their days, in days long 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 drove out the nations and planted our ancestors; you crushed the peoples and made our ancestors flourish. |
| 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 by their sword that they won the land, nor did their arm bring them victory; it was your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, for you loved them. |
| 4You are my King, O God; Command victories for Jacob. | 4You are my King and my God, who decrees 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 push back our enemies; through your name we trample our foes. |
| 6For I will not trust in my bow, Nor shall my sword save me. | 6I put no trust in my bow, my sword does not bring me victory; |
| 7But You have saved us from our enemies, And have put to shame those who hated us. | 7but you give us victory over our enemies, you put our adversaries to shame. |
| 8In God we boast all day long, And praise Your name forever. Selah | 8In God we make our boast all day long, and we will praise your name forever. |
| 9But You have cast us off and put us to shame, And You do not go out with our armies. | 9But now you have rejected and humbled us; you no longer go out 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 before the enemy, and our adversaries have plundered us. |
| 11You have given us up like sheep intended for food, And have scattered us among the nations. | 11You gave us up to be devoured like sheep and have scattered us among the nations. |
| 12You sell Your people for next to nothing, And are not enriched by selling them. | 12You sold your people for a pittance, gaining nothing from their sale. |
| 13You make us a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn and a derision to those all around us. | 13You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, the scorn and derision of those around us. |
| 14You make us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples. | 14You have made us a byword among the nations; the peoples shake their heads at us. |
| 15My dishonor is continually before me, And the shame of my face has covered me, | 15I live in disgrace all day long, and my face is covered with shame |
| 16Because of the voice of him who reproaches and reviles, Because of the enemy and the avenger. | 16at the taunts of those who reproach and revile me, because of the enemy, who is bent on revenge. |
| 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, though we had not forgotten you; we had not been false to your covenant. |
| 18Our heart has not turned back, Nor have our steps departed from Your way; | 18Our hearts had not turned back; our feet had not strayed from your path. |
| 19But You have severely broken us in the place of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death. | 19But you crushed us and made us a haunt for jackals; you covered us over with 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 spread out our hands to a foreign god, |
| 21Would not God search this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart. | 21would not God have discovered it, 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. | 22Yet for your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered. |
| 23Awake! Why do You sleep, O Lord? Arise! Do not cast us off forever. | 23Awake, Lord! Why do you sleep? Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever. |
| 24Why do You hide Your face, And forget our affliction and our oppression? | 24Why do you hide your face and forget our misery and oppression? |
| 25For our soul is bowed down to the dust; Our body clings to the ground. | 25We are brought down to the dust; our bodies cling to the ground. |
| 26Arise for our help, And redeem us for Your mercies’ sake. | 26Rise up and help us; rescue us because of your unfailing love. |
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