| 1 | We have heard with our ears, O God, our ancestors have told us, what deeds you performed in their days, in the days of old: |
| 2 | you with your own hand drove out the nations, but them you planted; you afflicted the peoples, but them you set free; |
| 3 | for not by their own sword did they win the land, nor did their own arm give them victory; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your countenance, for you delighted in them. |
| 4 | You are my King and my God; you command victories for Jacob. |
| 5 | Through you we push down our foes; through your name we tread down our assailants. |
| 6 | For not in my bow do I trust, nor can my sword save me. |
| 7 | But you have saved us from our foes, and have put to confusion those who hate us. |
| 8 | In God we have boasted continually, and we will give thanks to your name forever. Selah |
| 9 | Yet you have rejected us and abased us, and have not gone out with our armies. |
| 10 | You made us turn back from the foe, and our enemies have gotten spoil. |
| 11 | You have made us like sheep for slaughter, and have scattered us among the nations. |
| 12 | You have sold your people for a trifle, demanding no high price for them. |
| 13 | You have made us the taunt of our neighbors, the derision and scorn of those around us. |
| 14 | You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples. |
| 15 | All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face |
| 16 | at the words of the taunters and revilers, at the sight of the enemy and the avenger. |
| 17 | All this has come upon us, yet we have not forgotten you, or been false to your covenant. |
| 18 | Our heart has not turned back, nor have our steps departed from your way, |
| 19 | yet you have broken us in the haunt of jackals, and covered us with deep darkness. |
| 20 | If we had forgotten the name of our God, or spread out our hands to a strange god, |
| 21 | would not God discover this? For he knows the secrets of the heart. |
| 22 | Because of you we are being killed all day long, and accounted as sheep for the slaughter. |
| 23 | Rouse yourself! Why do you sleep, O Lord? Awake, do not cast us off forever! |
| 24 | Why do you hide your face? Why do you forget our affliction and oppression? |
| 25 | For we sink down to the dust; our bodies cling to the ground. |
| 26 | Rise up, come to our help. Redeem us for the sake of your steadfast love. |
