| New King James Version | New Living Translation |
| 1To the Chief Musician. A Contemplation of the sons of Korah. We have heard with our ears, O God, Our fathers have told us, The deeds You did in their days, In days of old: | 1O God, we have heard it with our own ears— our ancestors have told us of all you did in their day, in days long ago: |
| 2You drove out the nations with Your hand, But them You planted; You afflicted the peoples, and cast them out. | 2You 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. |
| 3For they did not gain possession of the land by their own sword, Nor did their own arm save them; But it was Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your countenance, Because You favored them. | 3They 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. |
| 4You are my King, O God; Command victories for Jacob. | 4You are my King and my God. You command victories for Israel. |
| 5Through You we will push down our enemies; Through Your name we will trample those who rise up against us. | 5Only by your power can we push back our enemies; only in your name can we trample our foes. |
| 6For I will not trust in my bow, Nor shall my sword save me. | 6I do not trust in my bow; I do not count on my sword to save me. |
| 7But You have saved us from our enemies, And have put to shame those who hated us. | 7You are the one who gives us victory over our enemies; you disgrace those who hate us. |
| 8In God we boast all day long, And praise Your name forever. Selah | 8O God, we give glory to you all day long and constantly praise your name. Interlude |
| 9But You have cast us off and put us to shame, And You do not go out with our armies. | 9But now you have tossed us aside in dishonor. You no longer lead our armies to battle. |
| 10You make us turn back from the enemy, And those who hate us have taken spoil for themselves. | 10You make us retreat from our enemies and allow those who hate us to plunder our land. |
| 11You have given us up like sheep intended for food, And have scattered us among the nations. | 11You have butchered us like sheep and scattered us among the nations. |
| 12You sell Your people for next to nothing, And are not enriched by selling them. | 12You sold your precious people for a pittance, making nothing on the sale. |
| 13You make us a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn and a derision to those all around us. | 13You let our neighbors mock us. We are an object of scorn and derision to those around us. |
| 14You make us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples. | 14You have made us the butt of their jokes; they shake their heads at us in scorn. |
| 15My dishonor is continually before me, And the shame of my face has covered me, | 15We can’t escape the constant humiliation; shame is written across our faces. |
| 16Because of the voice of him who reproaches and reviles, Because of the enemy and the avenger. | 16All we hear are the taunts of our mockers. All we see are our vengeful enemies. |
| 17All this has come upon us; But we have not forgotten You, Nor have we dealt falsely with Your covenant. | 17All this has happened though we have not forgotten you. We have not violated your covenant. |
| 18Our heart has not turned back, Nor have our steps departed from Your way; | 18Our hearts have not deserted you. We have not strayed from your path. |
| 19But You have severely broken us in the place of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death. | 19Yet you have crushed us in the jackal’s desert home. You have covered us with darkness and death. |
| 20If we had forgotten the name of our God, Or stretched out our hands to a foreign god, | 20If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread our hands in prayer to foreign gods, |
| 21Would not God search this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart. | 21God would surely have known it, for he knows the secrets of every heart. |
| 22Yet for Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. | 22But for your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep. |
| 23Awake! Why do You sleep, O Lord? Arise! Do not cast us off forever. | 23Wake up, O Lord! Why do you sleep? Get up! Do not reject us forever. |
| 24Why do You hide Your face, And forget our affliction and our oppression? | 24Why do you look the other way? Why do you ignore our suffering and oppression? |
| 25For our soul is bowed down to the dust; Our body clings to the ground. | 25We collapse in the dust, lying face down in the dirt. |
| 26Arise for our help, And redeem us for Your mercies’ sake. | 26Rise up! Help us! Ransom us because of your unfailing love. |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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