To the chief Musician, for the
sons of Korah, Maschil.
We have
heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told
us, what work thou didst in their days, in the
times of old.
02 How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy
hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict
the people, and cast them out.
03 For they got not the land in possession by
their own sword, neither did their own arm save
them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the
light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a
favour unto them.
04 Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances
for Jacob.
05 Through thee will we push down our enemies:
through thy name will we tread them under that
rise up against us.
06 For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall
my sword save me.
07 But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and
hast put them to shame that hated us.
08 In God we boast all the day long, and praise
thy name for ever. Selah.
09 But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame;
and goest not forth with our armies.
10 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy:
and they which hate us spoil for themselves.
11 Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for
meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.
12 Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost
not increase thy wealth by their price.
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13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a
scorn and a derision to them that are round about
us.
14 Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a
shaking of the head among the people.
15 My confusion is continually before me, and the
shame of my face hath covered me,
16 For the voice of him that reproacheth and
blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.
17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not
forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in
thy covenant.
18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our
steps declined from thy way;
19 Though thou hast sore broken us in the place
of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of
death.
20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or
stretched out our hands to a strange god;
21 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth
the secrets of the heart.
22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day
long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast
us not off for ever.
24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest
our affliction and our oppression?
25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our
belly cleaveth unto the earth.
26 Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy
mercies' sake.
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