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| 1. | {For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. A contemplative psalm.} We have heard with our ears, God; our fathers have told us, what work you did in their days, in the days of old. |
| 2. | You drove out the nations with your hand, but you planted them. You afflicted the peoples, but you spread them abroad. |
| 3. | For they didn't get the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, because you were favorable to them. |
| 4. | You are my King, God. Command victories for Jacob! |
| 5. | Through you, will we push down our adversaries. Through your name, will we tread them under who rise up against us. |
| 6. | For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. |
| 7. | But you have saved us from our adversaries, and have shamed those who hate us. |
| 8. | In God we have made our boast all day long, we will give thanks to your name forever. Selah. |
| 9. | But now you rejected us, and brought us to dishonor, and don't go out with our armies. |
| 10. | You make us turn back from the adversary. Those who hate us take spoil for themselves. |
| 11. | You have made us like sheep for food, and have scattered us among the nations. |
| 12. | You sell your people for nothing, and have gained nothing from their sale. |
| 13. | You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and a derision to those who are around us. |
| 14. | You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples. |
| 15. | All day long my dishonor is before me, and shame covers my face, |
| 16. | At the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses, because of the enemy and the avenger. |
| 17. | All this has come on us, yet have we not forgotten you, Neither have we been false to your covenant. |
| 18. | Our heart has not turned back, neither have our steps strayed from your path, |
| 19. | Though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death. |
| 20. | If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth our hands to a strange god; |
| 21. | won't God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart. |
| 22. | Yes, for your sake we are killed all day long. We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter. |
| 23. | Wake up! Why do you sleep, Lord?{The word translated "Lord" is "Adonai."} Arise! Don't reject us forever. |
| 24. | Why do you hide your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression? |
| 25. | For our soul is bowed down to the dust. Our body cleaves to the earth. |
| 26. | Rise up to help us. Redeem us for your loving kindness' sake. |