O God, we have heard
with our ears
, Our afathers
have told
us The bwork
that You did
in their days
, In the cdays
of old
.
You with Your own hand adrove
out the nations
; Then You bplanted
them; You cafflicted
the peoples
, Then You dspread
them abroad.
For by their own sword they adid not possess
the land
, And their own arm
did not save
them, But Your right
hand
and Your barm
and the clight
of Your presence
, For You dfavored
them.
You are amy King, O God
; bCommand
1victories
for Jacob
.
Through You we will apush back
our adversaries
; Through Your name
we will btrample
down
those who rise
up against us.
For I will anot trust in my bow
, Nor
will my sword
save
me.
But You ahave saved us from our adversaries
, And You have bput
to shame
those who hate
us.
In God we have aboasted
all
day
long, And we will bgive
thanks
to Your name
forever
. 1Selah
.
Yet You ahave rejected
us and brought
us to bdishonor
, And cdo not go
out with our armies
.
You cause us to aturn back
from the adversary
; And those who hate
us bhave taken
spoil
for themselves.
You give us as asheep
1to be eaten
And have bscattered
us among the nations
.
You asell Your people
1cheaply
, And have not 2profited
by their sale
.
You make us a areproach
to our neighbors
, A scoffing
and a bderision
to those around
us.
You make us aa byword
among the nations
, A 1 blaughingstock
among the peoples
.
All day
long my dishonor
is before
me And 1my ahumiliation
has overwhelmed
me,
Because of the voice
of him who areproaches
and reviles
, Because
of the presence
of the benemy
and the avenger
.
All this
has come
upon us, but we have anot forgotten
You, And we have not bdealt
falsely
with Your covenant
.
Our heart has not aturned
back
, And our steps
bhave not deviated
from Your way
,
Yet You have acrushed
us in a place
of bjackals
And covered
us with cthe shadow
of death
.
If we had aforgotten
the name
of our God
Or extended
our 1hands
to ba strange
god
,
Would not God afind
this
out? For He knows
the secrets
of the heart
.
But afor Your sake we are killed
all
day
long; We are considered
as bsheep
to be slaughtered
.
aArouse Yourself, why
bdo You sleep
, O Lord
? Awake
, cdo not reject
us forever
.
Why do You ahide
Your face
And bforget
our affliction
and our oppression
?
For our asoul has sunk
down
into the dust
; Our body
cleaves
to the earth
.
aRise up, be our help
, And bredeem
us for the sake
of Your lovingkindness
.