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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:
you with your own hand drove out the nations,
but them you planted;
you afflicted the peoples,
but them you set free;
but them you planted;
you afflicted the peoples,
but them you set free;
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.
for not by their own sword did they win the land,
nor did their own arm save them,
but your right hand and your arm,
and the light of your face,
for you delighted in them.
nor did their own arm save them,
but your right hand and your arm,
and the light of your face,
for you delighted in them.
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.
You are my King, O God;
ordain salvation for Jacob!
ordain salvation for Jacob!
Thou thyself art my king, O God: command deliverance for Jacob.
Through you we push down our foes;
through your name we tread down those who rise up against us.
through your name we tread down those who rise up against us.
Through thee will we push down our adversaries; through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
For not in my bow do I trust,
nor can my sword save me.
nor can my sword save me.
For I will not put confidence in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
But you have saved us from our foes
and have put to shame those who hate us.
and have put to shame those who hate us.
For thou hast saved us from our adversaries, and hast put them to shame that hate us.
In God we have boasted continually,
and we will give thanks to your name forever. Selah
and we will give thanks to your name forever. Selah
In God will we boast all the day, and we will praise thy name for ever. Selah.
But you have rejected us and disgraced us
and have not gone out with our armies.
and have not gone out with our armies.
But thou hast cast off, and put us to confusion, and dost not go forth with our armies;
You have made us turn back from the foe,
and those who hate us have gotten spoil.
and those who hate us have gotten spoil.
Thou hast made us to turn back from the adversary, and they that hate us spoil for themselves;
You have made us like sheep for slaughter
and have scattered us among the nations.
and have scattered us among the nations.
Thou hast given us over like sheep [appointed] for meat, and hast scattered us among the nations;
You have sold your people for a trifle,
demanding no high price for them.
demanding no high price for them.
Thou hast sold thy people for nought, and hast not increased [thy wealth] by their price;
You have made us the taunt of our neighbors,
the derision and scorn of those around us.
the derision and scorn of those around us.
Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a mockery and a derision for them that are round about us;
Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
All day long my disgrace is before me,
and shame has covered my face
and shame has covered my face
All the day my confusion is before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
at the sound of the taunter and reviler,
at the sight of the enemy and the avenger.
at the sight of the enemy and the avenger.
Because of the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and the avenger.
All this has come upon us,
though we have not forgotten you,
and we have not been false to your covenant.
though we have not forgotten you,
and we have not been false to your covenant.
All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely against thy covenant:
Our heart has not turned back,
nor have our steps departed from your way;
nor have our steps departed from your way;
Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy path;
yet you have broken us in the place of jackals
and covered us with the shadow of death.
and covered us with the shadow of death.
Though thou hast crushed us in the place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
If we had forgotten the name of our God
or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
If we had forgotten the name of our God, and stretched out our hands to a strange god,
would not God discover this?
For he knows the secrets of the heart.
For he knows the secrets of the heart.
Would not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Yet for your sake we are killed all the day long;
we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.
we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.
But for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are reckoned as sheep for slaughter.
Awake! Why are you sleeping, O Lord?
Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever!
Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever!
Awake, why sleepest thou, Lord? arise, cast [us] not off for ever.
Why do you hide your face?
Why do you forget our affliction and oppression?
Why do you forget our affliction and oppression?
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, [and] forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
For our soul is bowed down to the dust;
our belly clings to the ground.
our belly clings to the ground.
For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly cleaveth unto the earth.