44
Former Deliverances and Present Troubles.
For the choir director. A
AMaskil of the sons of Korah.
1 O God, we have heard with our ears,
Our
Afathers have told us
The
Bwork that You did in their days,
2 You with Your own hand
Adrove out the nations;
You
Cafflicted the peoples,
Then You
Dspread them abroad.
3 For by their own sword they
Adid not possess the land,
And their own arm did not save them,
But Your right hand and Your
Barm and the
Clight of Your presence,
4 You are
Amy King, O God;
BCommand
1victories for Jacob.
5 Through You we will
Apush back our adversaries;
Through Your name we will
Btrample down those who rise up against us.
6 For I will
Anot trust in my bow,
Nor will my sword save me.
7 But You
Ahave saved us from our adversaries,
And You have
Bput to shame those who hate us.
8 In God we have
Aboasted all day long,
And we will
Bgive thanks to Your name forever.
1Selah.
9 Yet You
Ahave rejected
us and brought us to
Bdishonor,
And
Cdo not go out with our armies.
10 You cause us to
Aturn back from the adversary;
And those who hate us
Bhave taken spoil for themselves.
11 You give us as
Asheep
1to be eaten
And have
Bscattered us among the nations.
12 You
Asell Your people
1cheaply,
And have not
2profited by their sale.
13 You make us a
Areproach to our neighbors,
A scoffing and a
Bderision to those around us.
14 You make us
Aa byword among the nations,
A
1Blaughingstock among the peoples.
15 All day long my dishonor is before me
And
1my
Ahumiliation has overwhelmed me,
16 Because of the voice of him who
Areproaches and reviles,
Because of the presence of the
Benemy and the avenger.
17 All this has come upon us, but we have
Anot forgotten You,
And we have not
Bdealt falsely with Your covenant.
18 Our heart has not
Aturned back,
And our steps
Bhave not deviated from Your way,
19 Yet You have
Acrushed us in a place of
Bjackals
And covered us with
Cthe shadow of death.
20 If we had
Aforgotten the name of our God
Or extended our
1hands to
Ba strange god,
21 Would not God
Afind this out?
For He knows the secrets of the heart.
22 But
Afor Your sake we are killed all day long;
We are considered as
Bsheep to be slaughtered.
23 AArouse Yourself, why
Bdo You sleep, O Lord?
Awake,
Cdo not reject us forever.
24 Why do You
Ahide Your face
And Bforget our affliction and our oppression?
25 For our
Asoul has sunk down into the dust;
Our body cleaves to the earth.
26 ARise up, be our help,
And
Bredeem us for the sake of Your lovingkindness.