For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of the sons of Korah. Maschil. We have heard{H8085} with our ears,{H241} O God,{H430} Our fathers{H1} have told{H5608} us, What work{H6467} thou didst{H6466} in their days,{H3117} In the days{H3117} of old.{H6924}

Thou didst drive out{H3423} the nations{H1471} with thy hand;{H3027} But them thou didst plant:{H5193} Thou didst afflict{H7489} the peoples;{H3816} But them thou didst spread abroad.{H7971}

For they gat{H3423} not the land{H776} in possession{H3423} by their own sword,{H2719} Neither did their own arm{H2220} save{H3467} them; But thy right hand,{H3225} and thine arm,{H2220} and the light{H216} of thy countenance,{H6440} Because thou wast favorable{H7521} unto them.

Thou art my King,{H4428} O God:{H430} Command{H6680} deliverance{H3444} for Jacob.{H3290}

Through thee will we push down{H5055} our adversaries:{H6862} Through thy name{H8034} will we tread them under{H947} that rise up{H6965} against us.

For I will not trust{H982} in my bow,{H7198} Neither shall my sword{H2719} save{H3467} me.

But thou hast saved{H3467} us from our adversaries,{H6862} And hast put them to shame{H954} that hate{H8130} us.

In God{H430} have we made our boast{H1984} all the day{H3117} long, And we will give thanks{H3034} unto thy name{H8034} for ever.{H5769} {H5542}

But{H637} now thou hast cast [us] off,{H2186} and brought us to dishonor,{H3637} And goest not forth{H3318} with our hosts.{H6635}

Thou makest us to turn{H7725} back{H268} from the adversary;{H6862} And they that hate{H8130} us take spoil{H8154} for themselves.

Thou hast made{H5414} us like sheep{H6629} [appointed] for food,{H3978} And hast scattered{H2219} us among the nations.{H1471}

Thou sellest{H4376} thy people{H5971} for nought,{H1952} And hast not increased{H7235} [thy wealth] by their price.{H4242}

Thou makest{H7760} us a reproach{H2781} to our neighbors,{H7934} A scoffing{H3933} and a derision{H7047} to them that are round about{H5439} us.

Thou makest{H7760} us a byword{H4912} among the nations,{H1471} A shaking{H4493} of the head{H7218} among the peoples.{H3816}

All{H3117} the day long is my dishonor{H1322} before me, And the shame{H1322} of my face{H6440} hath covered{H3680} me,

For the voice{H6963} of him that reproacheth{H2778} and blasphemeth,{H1442} By reason{H6440} of the enemy{H341} and the avenger.{H5358}

All this is come{H935} upon us; Yet have we not forgotten{H7911} thee, Neither have we dealt falsely{H8266} in thy covenant.{H1285}

Our heart{H3820} is not turned{H5472} back,{H268} Neither have our steps{H838} declined{H5186} from thy way,{H734}

That thou hast sore broken{H1794} us in the place{H4725} of jackals,{H8577} And covered{H3680} us with the shadow of death.{H6757}

If we have forgotten{H7911} the name{H8034} of our God,{H430} Or spread forth{H6566} our hands{H3709} to a strange{H2114} god;{H410}

Will not God{H430} search this out?{H2713} For he knoweth{H3045} the secrets{H8587} of the heart.{H3820}

Yea, for thy sake are we killed{H2026} all the day{H3117} long; We are accounted{H2803} as sheep{H6629} for the slaughter.{H2878}

Awake,{H5782} why sleepest{H3462} thou, O Lord?{H136} Arise,{H6974} cast [us] not off{H2186} for ever.{H5331}

Wherefore hidest{H5641} thou thy face,{H6440} And forgettest{H7911} our affliction{H6040} and our oppression?{H3906}

For our soul{H5315} is bowed down{H7743} to the dust:{H6083} Our body{H990} cleaveth{H1692} unto the earth.{H776}

Rise{H6965} up for our help,{H5833} And redeem{H6299} us for thy lovingkindness'{H2617} sake.