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O God, we have heard with our ears,
Our fathers have told us
The work that You did in their days,
In the days of old.
Our fathers have told us
The work that You did in their days,
In the days of old.
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.
You with Your own hand drove out the nations;
Then You planted them;
You afflicted the peoples,
Then You spread them abroad.
Then You planted them;
You afflicted the peoples,
Then You spread them abroad.
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.
For by their own sword they did not possess the land,
And their own arm did not save them,
But Your right hand and Your arm and the light of Your presence,
For You favored them.
And their own arm did not save them,
But Your right hand and Your arm and the light of Your presence,
For You favored them.
You are my King, O God;
Command victories for Jacob.
Command victories for Jacob.
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.
Through You we will push back our adversaries;
Through Your name we will trample down those who rise up against us.
Through Your name we will trample down those who rise up against us.
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 I will not trust in my bow,
Nor will my sword save me.
Nor will my sword save me.
You are the one who gives us victory over our enemies;
you disgrace those who hate us.
you disgrace those who hate us.
But You have saved us from our adversaries,
And You have put to shame those who hate us.
And You have put to shame those who hate us.
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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In God we have boasted all day long,
And we will give thanks to Your name forever.
And we will give thanks to Your name forever.
Selah.
Yet You have rejected us and brought us to dishonor,
And do not go out with our armies.
And do not go out with our armies.
You cause us to turn back from the adversary;
And those who hate us have taken spoil for themselves.
And those who hate us have taken spoil for themselves.
You give us as sheep to be eaten
And have scattered us among the nations.
And have scattered us among the nations.
You sell Your people cheaply,
And have not profited by their sale.
And have not profited by their sale.
You make us a reproach to our neighbors,
A scoffing and a derision to those around us.
A scoffing and a derision to those around us.
You make us a byword among the nations,
A laughingstock among the peoples.
A laughingstock among the peoples.
All day long my dishonor is before me
And my humiliation has overwhelmed me,
And my humiliation has overwhelmed me,
Because of the voice of him who reproaches and reviles,
Because of the presence of the enemy and the avenger.
Because of the presence of the enemy and the avenger.
All this has come upon us, but we have not forgotten You,
And we have not dealt falsely with Your covenant.
And we have not dealt falsely with Your covenant.
Our heart has not turned back,
And our steps have not deviated from Your way,
And our steps have not deviated from Your way,
Yet You have crushed us in a place of jackals
And covered us with the shadow of death.
And covered us with the shadow of death.
If we had forgotten the name of our God
Or extended our hands to a strange god,
Or extended our hands to a strange god,
Would not God find this out?
For He knows the secrets of the heart.
For He knows the secrets of the heart.
But for Your sake we are killed all day long;
We are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
We are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
Arouse Yourself, why do You sleep, O Lord?
Awake, do not reject us forever.
Awake, do not reject us forever.
Why do You hide Your face
And forget our affliction and our oppression?
And forget our affliction and our oppression?
For our soul has sunk down into the dust;
Our body cleaves to the earth.
Our body cleaves to the earth.
Rise up, be our help,
And redeem us for the sake of Your lovingkindness.
And redeem us for the sake of Your lovingkindness.
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.
Yet You have rejected us and brought us to dishonor,
And do not go out with our armies.
And do not go out with our armies.
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.
You cause us to turn back from the adversary;
And those who hate us have taken spoil for themselves.
And those who hate us have taken spoil for themselves.
You have butchered us like sheep
and scattered us among the nations.
and scattered us among the nations.
You give us as sheep to be eaten
And have scattered us among the nations.
And have scattered us among the nations.
You sold your precious people for a pittance,
making nothing on the sale.
making nothing on the sale.
You sell Your people cheaply,
And have not profited by their sale.
And have not profited by their sale.
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.
You make us a reproach to our neighbors,
A scoffing and a derision to those around us.
A scoffing and a derision to those around us.
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.
You make us a byword among the nations,
A laughingstock among the peoples.
A laughingstock among the peoples.
We can’t escape the constant humiliation;
shame is written across our faces.
shame is written across our faces.
All day long my dishonor is before me
And my humiliation has overwhelmed me,
And my humiliation has overwhelmed me,
All we hear are the taunts of our mockers.
All we see are our vengeful enemies.
All we see are our vengeful enemies.
Because of the voice of him who reproaches and reviles,
Because of the presence of the enemy and the avenger.
Because of the presence of the enemy and the avenger.
All this has happened though we have not forgotten you.
We have not violated your covenant.
We have not violated your covenant.
All this has come upon us, but we have not forgotten You,
And we have not dealt falsely with Your covenant.
And we have not dealt falsely with Your covenant.
Our hearts have not deserted you.
We have not strayed from your path.
We have not strayed from your path.
Our heart has not turned back,
And our steps have not deviated from Your way,
And our steps have not deviated from Your way,
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.
Yet You have crushed us in a place of jackals
And covered us with the shadow of death.
And covered us with the shadow of death.
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,
If we had forgotten the name of our God
Or extended our hands to a strange god,
Or extended our hands to a strange god,
God would surely have known it,
for he knows the secrets of every heart.
for he knows the secrets of every heart.
Would not God find this out?
For He knows the secrets of the heart.
For He knows the secrets of the heart.
But for your sake we are killed every day;
we are being slaughtered like sheep.
we are being slaughtered like sheep.
But for Your sake we are killed all day long;
We are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
We are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
Wake up, O Lord! Why do you sleep?
Get up! Do not reject us forever.
Get up! Do not reject us forever.
Arouse Yourself, why do You sleep, O Lord?
Awake, do not reject us forever.
Awake, do not reject us forever.
Why do you look the other way?
Why do you ignore our suffering and oppression?
Why do you ignore our suffering and oppression?
Why do You hide Your face
And forget our affliction and our oppression?
And forget our affliction and our oppression?
We collapse in the dust,
lying face down in the dirt.
lying face down in the dirt.
For our soul has sunk down into the dust;
Our body cleaves to the earth.
Our body cleaves to the earth.