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Redeem Us
{To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. An instruction.} O God, with our ears have we heard, our fathers have told us, the work thou wroughtest in their days, in the days of old:
{To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. An instruction.} O God, with our ears have we heard, our fathers have told us, the work thou wroughtest in their days, in the days of old:
Thou, by thy hand, didst dispossess the nations, but them thou didst plant; thou didst afflict the peoples, but them didst thou cause to spread out.
You drove out the pagan nations by your power
and gave all the land to our ancestors.
You crushed their enemies
and set our ancestors free.
and gave all the land to our ancestors.
You crushed their enemies
and set our ancestors free.
For not by their own sword did they take possession of the land, neither did their own arm save them; but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst delight in them.
They did not conquer the land with their swords;
it was not their own strong arm that gave them victory.
It was your right hand and strong arm
and the blinding light from your face that helped them,
for you loved them.
it was not their own strong arm that gave them victory.
It was your right hand and strong arm
and the blinding light from your face that helped them,
for you loved them.
Thou thyself art my king, O God: command deliverance for Jacob.
Through thee will we push down our adversaries; through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
Only by your power can we push back our enemies;
only in your name can we trample our foes.
only in your name can we trample our foes.
For I will not put confidence in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
I do not trust in my bow;
I do not count on my sword to save me.
I do not count on my sword to save me.
For thou hast saved us from our adversaries, and hast put them to shame that hate us.
You are the one who gives us victory over our enemies;
you disgrace those who hate us.
you disgrace those who hate us.
In God will we boast all the day, and we will praise thy name for ever. Selah.
O God, we give glory to you all day long
and constantly praise your name.
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and constantly praise your name.
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But thou hast cast off, and put us to confusion, and dost not go forth with our armies;
But now you have tossed us aside in dishonor.
You no longer lead our armies to battle.
You no longer lead our armies to battle.
Thou hast made us to turn back from the adversary, and they that hate us spoil for themselves;
You make us retreat from our enemies
and allow those who hate us to plunder our land.
and allow those who hate us to plunder our land.
Thou hast given us over like sheep [appointed] for meat, and hast scattered us among the nations;
You have butchered us like sheep
and scattered us among the nations.
and scattered us among the nations.
Thou hast sold thy people for nought, and hast not increased [thy wealth] by their price;
You sold your precious people for a pittance,
making nothing on the sale.
making nothing on the sale.
Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a mockery and a derision for them that are round about us;
You let our neighbors mock us.
We are an object of scorn and derision to those around us.
We are an object of scorn and derision to those around us.
Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
You have made us the butt of their jokes;
they shake their heads at us in scorn.
they shake their heads at us in scorn.
All the day my confusion is before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
We can’t escape the constant humiliation;
shame is written across our faces.
shame is written across our faces.
Because of the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and the avenger.
All we hear are the taunts of our mockers.
All we see are our vengeful enemies.
All we see are our vengeful enemies.
All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely against thy covenant:
All this has happened though we have not forgotten you.
We have not violated your covenant.
We have not violated your covenant.
Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy path;
Our hearts have not deserted you.
We have not strayed from your path.
We have not strayed from your path.
Though thou hast crushed us in the place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
Yet you have crushed us in the jackal’s desert home.
You have covered us with darkness and death.
You have covered us with darkness and death.
If we had forgotten the name of our God, and stretched out our hands to a strange god,
If we had forgotten the name of our God
or spread our hands in prayer to foreign gods,
or spread our hands in prayer to foreign gods,
Would not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
God would surely have known it,
for he knows the secrets of every heart.
for he knows the secrets of every heart.
But for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are reckoned as sheep for slaughter.
But for your sake we are killed every day;
we are being slaughtered like sheep.
we are being slaughtered like sheep.
Awake, why sleepest thou, Lord? arise, cast [us] not off for ever.
Wake up, O Lord! Why do you sleep?
Get up! Do not reject us forever.
Get up! Do not reject us forever.
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, [and] forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
Why do you look the other way?
Why do you ignore our suffering and oppression?
Why do you ignore our suffering and oppression?
For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
We collapse in the dust,
lying face down in the dirt.
lying face down in the dirt.