The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
New King James Version NKJV
1 For the leader. By the descendants of Korach. A maskil: God, we heard it with our ears; our fathers told us about it -a deed which you did in their days, back in days of old.
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To 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:
2 With your hand you drove out nations to plant them in [the land], you crushed peoples to make room for them.
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You drove out the nations with Your hand, But them You planted; You afflicted the peoples, and cast them out.
3 For not by their own swords did they conquer the land, nor did their own arm give them victory; rather, it was your right hand, your arm and the light of your face; because you favored them.
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For 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.
4 God, you are my king; command complete victory for Ya'akov.
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You are my King, O God; Command victories for Jacob.
5 Through you we pushed away our foes, through your name we trampled down our assailants.
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Through You we will push down our enemies; Through Your name we will trample those who rise up against us.
6 For I don't rely on my bow, nor can my sword give me victory.
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For I will not trust in my bow, Nor shall my sword save me.
7 No, you saved us from our adversaries; you put to shame those who hate us.
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But You have saved us from our enemies, And have put to shame those who hated us.
8 We will boast in our God all day and give thanks to your name forever. (Selah)
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In God we boast all day long, And praise Your name forever. Selah
9 Yet now you have thrust us aside and disgraced us; you don't march out with our armies.
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But You have cast us off and put us to shame, And You do not go out with our armies.
10 You make us retreat from the adversary, and those who hate us plunder us at will.
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You make us turn back from the enemy, And those who hate us have taken spoil for themselves.
11 You have handed us over like sheep to be eaten and scattered us among the nations.
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You have given us up like sheep intended for food, And have scattered us among the nations.
12 You sell your people for a pittance, you don't even profit on the sale.
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You sell Your people for next to nothing, And are not enriched by selling them.
13 You make us an object for our neighbors to mock, one of scorn and derision to those around us.
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You make us a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn and a derision to those all around us.
14 You make us a byword among the nations; the peoples jeer at us, shaking their heads.
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You make us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples.
15 All day long my disgrace is on my mind, and shame has covered my face
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My dishonor is continually before me, And the shame of my face has covered me,
16 at the sound of those who revile and insult, at the sight of the enemy bent on revenge.
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Because of the voice of him who reproaches and reviles, Because of the enemy and the avenger.
17 Though all this came on us, we did not forget you; we have not been false to your covenant;
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All this has come upon us; But we have not forgotten You, Nor have we dealt falsely with Your covenant.
18 Our hearts have not turned back, and our steps did not turn away from your path,
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Our heart has not turned back, Nor have our steps departed from Your way;
19 though you pressed us into a lair of jackals and covered us with death-dark gloom.
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But You have severely broken us in the place of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death.
20 If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
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If we had forgotten the name of our God, Or stretched out our hands to a foreign god,
21 wouldn't God have discovered this, since he knows the secrets of the heart?
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Would not God search this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart.
22 For your sake we are put to death all day long, we are considered sheep to be slaughtered.
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Yet for Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Wake up, Adonai! Why are you asleep? Rouse yourself! Don't thrust us off forever.
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Awake! Why do You sleep, O Lord? Arise! Do not cast us off forever.
24 Why are you turning your face away, forgetting our pain and misery?
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Why do You hide Your face, And forget our affliction and our oppression?
25 For we are lying flat in the dust, our bodies cling to the ground.
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For our soul is bowed down to the dust; Our body clings to the ground.
26 Get up, and come to help us! For the sake of your grace, redeem us!
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Arise for our help, And redeem us for Your mercies' sake.