1 We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us,
2 How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst
3 For they got not the land in possession by their own sword,
4 Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
5 Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will
6 For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
7 But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to
8 In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever.
9 But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth
10 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate
11 Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast
12 Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy
13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a
14 Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head
15 My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face
16 For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason
17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee,
18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined
19 Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and
20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our
21 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the
22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted
23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for
24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction
25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto
26 Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies’ sake.