| New American Standard Bible 1995 | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1For the choir director. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. 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. | 1For the choir director. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. God, we have heard with our ears-- our ancestors have told us-- the work You accomplished in their days, in days long ago: |
| 2You with Your own hand drove out the nations; Then You planted them; You afflicted the peoples, Then You spread them abroad. | 2to plant them, You drove out the nations with Your hand; to settle them, You crushed the peoples. |
| 3For 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. | 3For they did not take the land by their sword-- their arm did not bring them victory-- but by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, for You were pleased with them. |
| 4You are my King, O God; Command victories for Jacob. | 4You are my King, my God, who ordains victories for Jacob. |
| 5Through You we will push back our adversaries; Through Your name we will trample down those who rise up against us. | 5Through You we drive back our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies. |
| 6For I will not trust in my bow, Nor will my sword save me. | 6For I do not trust in my bow, and my sword does not bring me victory. |
| 7But You have saved us from our adversaries, And You have put to shame those who hate us. | 7But You give us victory over our foes and let those who hate us be disgraced. |
| 8In God we have boasted all day long, And we will give thanks to Your name forever. Selah. | 8We boast in God all day long; we will praise Your name forever. Selah |
| 9Yet You have rejected us and brought us to dishonor, And do not go out with our armies. | 9But You have rejected and humiliated us; You do not march out with our armies. |
| 10You cause us to turn back from the adversary; And those who hate us have taken spoil for themselves. | 10You make us retreat from the foe, and those who hate us have taken plunder for themselves. |
| 11You give us as sheep to be eaten And have scattered us among the nations. | 11You hand us over to be eaten like sheep and scatter us among the nations. |
| 12You sell Your people cheaply, And have not profited by their sale. | 12You sell Your people for nothing; You make no profit from selling them. |
| 13You make us a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and a derision to those around us. | 13You make us an object of reproach to our neighbors, a source of mockery and ridicule to those around us. |
| 14You make us a byword among the nations, A laughingstock among the peoples. | 14You make us a joke among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples. |
| 15All day long my dishonor is before me And my humiliation has overwhelmed me, | 15My disgrace is before me all day long, and shame has covered my face, |
| 16Because of the voice of him who reproaches and reviles, Because of the presence of the enemy and the avenger. | 16because of the voice of the scorner and reviler, because of the enemy and avenger. |
| 17All this has come upon us, but we have not forgotten You, And we have not dealt falsely with Your covenant. | 17All this has happened to us, but we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant. |
| 18Our heart has not turned back, And our steps have not deviated from Your way, | 18Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path. |
| 19Yet You have crushed us in a place of jackals And covered us with the shadow of death. | 19But You have crushed us in a haunt of jackals and have covered us with deepest darkness. |
| 20If we had forgotten the name of our God Or extended our hands to a strange god, | 20If we had forgotten the name of our God and spread out our hands to a foreign god, |
| 21Would not God find this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart. | 21wouldn't God have found this out, since He knows the secrets of the heart? |
| 22But for Your sake we are killed all day long; We are considered as sheep to be slaughtered. | 22Because of You we are slain all day long; we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered. |
| 23Arouse Yourself, why do You sleep, O Lord? Awake, do not reject us forever. | 23Wake up, LORD! Why are You sleeping? Get up! Don't reject us forever! |
| 24Why do You hide Your face And forget our affliction and our oppression? | 24Why do You hide Yourself and forget our affliction and oppression? |
| 25For our soul has sunk down into the dust; Our body cleaves to the earth. | 25For we have sunk down to the dust; our bodies cling to the ground. |
| 26Rise up, be our help, And redeem us for the sake of Your lovingkindness. | 26Rise up! Help us! Redeem us because of Your faithful love. |
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