Dual Panel1For the music director <05329>; by the Korahites <07141> <01121>, a well-written song <04905>. O God <0430>, we have clearly heard <08085> <0241>; our ancestors <01> have told <05608> us what you did <06466> <06467> in their days <03117>, in ancient <06924> times <03117>.
2You <0859>, by your power <03027>, defeated <03423> nations <01471> and settled <05193> our fathers on their land; you crushed <07489> the people <03816> living there and enabled <07971> our ancestors to occupy <07971> it.
3For <03588> they did not <03808> conquer <03423> the land <0776> by their swords <02719>, and they did not <03808> prevail <03467> by their strength <02220>, but rather <03588> by your power <03225>, strength <02220> and good favor <06440> <0216>, for <03588> you were partial <07521> to them.
4You <0859> are my king <04428>, O God <0430>! Decree <06680> Jacob’s <03290> deliverance <03444>!
5By your power we will drive back <05055> our enemies <06862>; by your strength <08034> we will trample down <0947> our foes <06965>!
6For <03588> I do not <03808> trust <0982> in my bow <07198>, and I do not <03808> prevail <03467> by my sword <02719>.
7For <03588> you deliver <03467> us from our enemies <06862>; you humiliate <0954> those who hate <08130> us.
8In God <0430> I boast <01984> all <03605> day <03117> long, and we will continually <05769> give thanks <03034> to your name <08034>. (Selah <05542>)
9But you rejected <02186> and <0637> embarrassed <03637> us! You did not <03808> go <03318> into battle <03318> with our armies <06635>.
10You made us retreat <0268> <07725> from <04480> the enemy <06862>. Those who hate <08130> us take whatever they want <08154> from us.
11You handed <05414> us over <05414> like sheep <06629> to be eaten <03978>; you scattered <02219> us among the nations <01471>.
12You sold <04376> your people <05971> for a pittance <01952> <03808>; you did not <03808> ask a high <07235> price <04242> for them.
13You made <07760> us an object of disdain <02781> to our neighbors <07934>; those who live on our borders <05439> taunt <03933> and insult <07047> us.
14You made <07760> us an object of ridicule <04912> among the nations <01471>; foreigners <03816> <03816> treat us with contempt <07218> <04493>.
15All <03605> day <03117> long I feel humiliated <03639> and am overwhelmed <03680> <06440> with shame <01322>,
16before <06440> the vindictive <05358> enemy <0341> who ridicules <02778> and insults <01442> me.
17All <03605> this <02063> has happened <0935> to us, even though we have not <03808> rejected <07911> you or <03808> violated <08266> your covenant <01285> with us.
18We have not <03808> been unfaithful <03820> <0268> <05472>, nor have we disobeyed your commands <0734> <04480> <0838> <05186>.
19Yet <03588> you have battered <01794> us, leaving us a heap of ruins <04725> overrun by wild dogs <08577>; you have covered <03680> us with <05921> darkness <06757>.
20If <0518> we had rejected <07911> our God <0430> <08034>, and spread out <06566> our hands <03709> in prayer to another <02114> god <0410>,
21would not <03808> God <0430> discover <02713> it <02063>, for <03588> he <01931> knows <03045> one’s <08587> thoughts <03820>?
22Yet <03588> because of <05921> you we are killed <02026> all <03605> day <03117> long; we are treated <02803> like sheep <06629> at the slaughtering <02878> block.
23Rouse <05782> yourself! Why <04100> do you sleep <03462>, O Lord <0136>? Wake up <06974>! Do not <0408> reject <02186> us forever <05331>!
24Why <04100> do you look the other way <05641> <06440>, and ignore <07911> the way we are oppressed <06040> and mistreated <03906>?
25For <03588> we <05315> lie in <07743> the dirt <06083>, with our bellies <0990> pressed <01692> to the ground <0776>.
26Rise up <06965> and help <05833> us! Rescue <06299> us because of <04616> your loyal love <02617>!