Dual Panel1For the choir director. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. O God<430>, we have heard<8085> with our ears<241>, Our fathers<1> have told<5608> us The work<6467> that You did<6466> in their days<3117>, In the days<3117> of old<6924>.
2You with Your own hand<3027> drove<3423> out the nations<1471>; Then You planted<5193> them; You afflicted<7489> the peoples<3816>, Then You spread<7971> them abroad.
3For by their own sword<2719> they did not possess<3423> the land<776>, And their own arm<2220> did not save<3467> them, But Your right<3225> hand<3225> and Your arm<2220> and the light<216> of Your presence<6440>, For You favored<7521> them.
4You are my King<4428>, O God<430>; Command<6680> victories<3444> for Jacob<3290>.
5Through You we will push<5055> back<5055> our adversaries<6862>; Through Your name<8034> we will trample<947> down<947> those who rise<6965> up against us.
6For I will not trust<982> in my bow<7198>, Nor<3808> will my sword<2719> save<3467> me.
7But You have saved<3467> us from our adversaries<6862>, And You have put<954> to shame<954> those who hate<8130> us.
8In God<430> we have boasted<1984> all<3605> day<3117> long, And we will give<3034> thanks<3034> to Your name<8034> forever<5769>. Selah<5542>.
9Yet<637> You have rejected<2186> us and brought<3637> us to dishonor<3637>, And do not go<3318> out with our armies<6635>.
10You cause us to turn<7725> back<268> from the adversary<6862>; And those who hate<8130> us have taken<8154> spoil<8154> for themselves.
11You give<5414> us as sheep<6629> to be eaten<3978> And have scattered<2219> us among the nations<1471>.
12You sell<4376> Your people<5971> cheaply<3808><1952>, And have not profited<7235> by their sale<4242>.
13You make<7760> us a reproach<2781> to our neighbors<7934>, A scoffing<3933> and a derision<7047> to those around<5439> us.
14You make<7760> us a byword<4912> among the nations<1471>, A laughingstock<4493><7218> among the peoples<3816>.
15All<3605> day<3117> long my dishonor<3639> is before<5048> me And my humiliation<1322><6440> has overwhelmed<3680> me,
16Because<4480> of the voice<6963> of him who reproaches<2778> and reviles<1442>, Because<4480> of the presence<6440> of the enemy<340> and the avenger<5358>.
17All<3605> this<384> has come<935> upon us, but we have not forgotten<7911> You, And we have not dealt<8266> falsely<8266> with Your covenant<1285>.
18Our heart<3820> has not turned<5472> back<268>, And our steps<804> have not deviated<5186> from Your way<734>,
19Yet<3588> You have crushed<1794> us in a place<4725> of jackals<8565> And covered<3680> us with the shadow<6757> of death<6757>.
20If<518> we had forgotten<7911> the name<8034> of our God<430> Or extended<6566> our hands<3709> to a strange<2114> god<410>,
21Would not God<430> find<2713> this<384> out? For He knows<3045> the secrets<8587> of the heart<3820>.
22But for Your sake<5921> we are killed<2026> all<3605> day<3117> long; We are considered<2803> as sheep<6629> to be slaughtered<2878>.
23Arouse<5782> Yourself, why<4100> do You sleep<3462>, O Lord<136>? Awake<7019>, do not reject<2186> us forever<5331>.
24Why<4100> do You hide<5641> Your face<6440> And forget<7911> our affliction<6040> and our oppression<3906>?
25For our soul<5315> has sunk<7743> down<7743> into the dust<6083>; Our body<990> cleaves<1692> to the earth<776>.
26Rise<6965> up, be our help<5833>, And redeem<6299> us for the sake<4616> of Your lovingkindness<2617>.