1For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. A contemplative psalm. We have heard with our ears, God; our fathers have told us what work you did in their days, in the days of old.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.For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of 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 days of old.2With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.You drove out the nations with your hand, but you planted them. You afflicted the peoples, but you spread them abroad.How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.Thou didst drive out the nations with thy hand; But them thou didst plant: Thou didst afflict the peoples; But them thou didst spread abroad.3For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.For they didn’t get the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, because you were favorable to them.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.For they gat 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 wast favorable unto them.4You are my King, O God, who ordains victories for Jacob.God, you are my King. Command victories for Jacob!Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.Thou art my King, O God: Command deliverance for Jacob.5Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies.Through you, we will push down our adversaries. Through your name, we will tread down those who rise up against us.Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.Through thee will we push down our adversaries: Through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.6For I do not trust in my bow, nor does my sword save me.For I will not trust in my bow, neither will my sword save me.For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.For I will not trust in my bow, Neither shall my sword save me.7For You save us from our enemies; You put those who hate us to shame.But you have saved us from our adversaries, and have shamed those who hate us.But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.But thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And hast put them to shame that hate us.8In God we have boasted all day long, and Your name we will praise forever. SelahIn God we have made our boast all day long. We will give thanks to your name forever. Selah.In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.In God have we made our boast all the day long, And we will give thanks unto thy name for ever. [Selah9But You have rejected and humbled us; You no longer go forth with our armies.But now you rejected us, and brought us to dishonor, and don’t go out with our armies.But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.But now thou hast cast us off, and brought us to dishonor, And goest not forth with our hosts.10You have made us retreat from the foe, and those who hate us have plundered us.You make us turn back from the adversary. Those who hate us take plunder for themselves.Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary; And they that hate us take spoil for themselves.11You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations.You have made us like sheep for food, and have scattered us among the nations.Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.Thou hast made us like sheep appointed for food, And hast scattered us among the nations.12You sell Your people for nothing; no profit do You gain from their sale.You sell your people for nothing, and have gained nothing from their sale.Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.Thou sellest thy people for nought, And hast not increased thy wealth by their price.13You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and a derision to those who are around us.Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and a derision to them that are round about us.14You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.Thou makest us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples.15All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face,All day long my dishonor is before me, and shame covers my face,My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,All the day long is my dishonor before me, And the shame of my face hath covered me,16at the voice of the scorner and reviler, because of the enemy, bent on revenge.at the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses, because of the enemy and the avenger.For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth, By reason of the enemy and the avenger.17All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant.All this has come on us, yet we haven’t forgotten you. We haven’t been false to your covenant.All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, Neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.18Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path.Our heart has not turned back, neither have our steps strayed from your path,Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;Our heart is not turned back, Neither have our steps declined from thy way,19But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals; You have covered us with deepest darkness.though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death.20If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread out our hands to a strange god,If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;If we have forgotten the name of our God, Or spread forth our hands to a strange god;21would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?won’t God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.Will not God search this out? For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.22Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.Yes, for your sake we are killed all day long. We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter.Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.23Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.Wake up! Why do you sleep, Lord? Arise! Don’t reject us forever.Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? Arise, cast us not off for ever.24Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?Why do you hide your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And forgettest our affliction and our oppression?25For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.For our soul is bowed down to the dust. Our body clings to the earth.For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.For our soul is bowed down to the dust: Our body cleaveth unto the earth.26Rise up; be our help! Redeem us on account of Your loving devotion.Rise up to help us. Redeem us for your loving kindness’ sake.Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies’ sake.Rise up for our help, And redeem us for thy lovingkindness’ sake.
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