1 To the chief Musician * h5329 h8764 for the sons * h1121 of Korah * h7141, Maschil * h4905 h8688. We have heard * h8085 h8804 with our ears * h241, O God * h430, our fathers * h1 have told * h5608 h8765 us, what work * h6467 thou didst * h6466 h8804 in their days * h3117, in the times * h3117 of old * h6924. Maschil: or, of instruction
2 How thou didst drive out * h3423 h8689 the heathen * h1471 with thy hand * h3027, and plantedst * h5193 h8799 them; how thou didst afflict * h7489 h8686 the people * h3816, and cast them out * h7971 h8762.
3 For they got * h3423 not the land * h776 in possession * h3423 h8804 by their own sword * h2719, neither did their own arm * h2220 save * h3467 h8689 them: but thy right hand * h3225, and thine arm * h2220, and the light * h216 of thy countenance * h6440, because thou hadst a favour * h7521 h8804 unto them.
4 Thou art my King * h4428, O God * h430: command * h6680 h8761 deliverances * h3444 for Jacob * h3290.
5 Through thee will we push down * h5055 h8762 our enemies * h6862: through thy name * h8034 will we tread them under * h947 h8799 that rise up * h6965 h8801 against us.
6 For I will not trust * h982 h8799 in my bow * h7198, neither shall my sword * h2719 save * h3467 h8686 me.
7 But thou hast saved * h3467 h8689 us from our enemies * h6862, and hast put them to shame * h954 h8689 that hated * h8130 h8764 us.
8 In God * h430 we boast * h1984 h8765 all the day * h3117 long, and praise * h3034 h8686 thy name * h8034 for ever * h5769. Selah * h5542.
9 But * h637 thou hast cast off * h2186 h8804, and put us to shame * h3637 h8686; and goest not forth * h3318 h8799 with our armies * h6635.
10 Thou makest us to turn * h7725 h8686 back * h268 from the enemy * h6862: and they which hate * h8130 h8764 us spoil * h8154 h8804 for themselves.
11 Thou hast given * h5414 h8799 us like sheep * h6629 appointed for meat * h3978; and hast scattered * h2219 h8765 us among the heathen * h1471. like...: Heb. as sheep of meat
12 Thou sellest * h4376 h8799 thy people * h5971 for nought * h1952, and dost not increase * h7235 h8765 thy wealth by their price * h4242. for...: Heb. without riches
13 Thou makest * h7760 h8799 us a reproach * h2781 to our neighbours * h7934, a scorn * h3933 and a derision * h7047 to them that are round about * h5439 us.
14 Thou makest * h7760 h8799 us a byword * h4912 among the heathen * h1471, a shaking * h4493 of the head * h7218 among the people * h3816.
15 My confusion * h3639 is continually * h3117 before me, and the shame * h1322 of my face * h6440 hath covered * h3680 h8765 me,
16 For the voice * h6963 of him that reproacheth * h2778 h8764 and blasphemeth * h1442 h8764; by reason * h6440 of the enemy * h341 h8802 and avenger * h5358 h8693.
17 All this is come * h935 h8804 upon us; yet have we not forgotten * h7911 h8804 thee, neither have we dealt falsely * h8266 h8765 in thy covenant * h1285.
18 Our heart * h3820 is not turned * h5472 h8738 back * h268, neither have our steps * h838 declined * h5186 h8799 from thy way * h734; steps: or, goings
19 Though thou hast sore broken * h1794 h8765 us in the place * h4725 of dragons * h8577, and covered * h3680 h8762 us with the shadow of death * h6757.
20 If we have forgotten * h7911 h8804 the name * h8034 of our God * h430, or stretched out * h6566 h8799 our hands * h3709 to a strange * h2114 h8801 god * h410;
21 Shall not God * h430 search this out * h2713 h8799? for he knoweth * h3045 h8802 the secrets * h8587 of the heart * h3820.
22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed * h2026 h8795 all the day * h3117 long; we are counted * h2803 h8738 as sheep * h6629 for the slaughter * h2878.
23 Awake * h5782 h8798, why sleepest * h3462 h8799 thou, O Lord * h136? arise * h6974 h8685, cast us not off * h2186 h8799 for ever * h5331.
24 Wherefore hidest * h5641 h8686 thou thy face * h6440, and forgettest * h7911 h8799 our affliction * h6040 and our oppression * h3906?
25 For our soul * h5315 is bowed down * h7743 h8804 to the dust * h6083: our belly * h990 cleaveth * h1692 h8804 unto the earth * h776.
26 Arise * h6965 h8798 for our help * h5833, and redeem * h6299 h8798 us for thy mercies * h2617' sake. for our...: Heb. a help for us