1 WE have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
2 How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
3 For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
4 Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
5 Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
6 For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
7 But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.
8 In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.
9 But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.
10 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.
11 Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.
12 Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.
13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
14 Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
15 My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
16 For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.
17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
19 Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
21 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
26 Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies’ sake.

1To the chiefe Musician for the sonnes of Korah. Wee haue heard with our eares, O God, our fathers haue told vs, what worke thou didst in their dayes, in the times of old.

2How thou didst driue out the heathen with thy hand, & plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.

3For they got not the land in possession by their owne sword, neither did their owne arme saue them: but thy right hand, and thine arme, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a fauour vnto them.

4Thou art my King, O God: command deliuerances for Iacob.

5Through thee will wee push downe our enemies: through thy Name will wee tread them vnder that rise vp against vs.

6For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword saue me.

7But thou hast saued vs from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated vs.

8In God we boast all the day long: and praise thy Name for euer. Selah.

9But thou hast cast off and put vs to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.

10Thou makest vs to turne backe from the enemie: and they which hate vs, spoile for themselues.

11Thou hast giuen vs like sheepe appointed for meate: and hast scattered vs among the heathen.

12Thou sellest thy people for nought, and doest not increase thy wealth by their price.

13Thou makest vs a reproch to our neighbours, a scorne and a derision to them that are round about vs.

14Thou makest vs a by-word among the heathen: a shaking of the head among the people.

15My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath couered me.

16For the voice of him that reproacheth, and blasphemeth: by reason of the enemie and auenger.

17All this is come vpon vs; yet haue wee not forgotten thee, neither haue we dealt falsly in thy couenant.

18Our heart is not turned backe: neither haue our steps declined from thy way,

19Though thou hast sore broken vs in the place of dragons, and couered vs with the shadow of death.

20If wee haue forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange God:

21Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

22Yea for thy sake are wee killed all the day long: wee are counted as sheepe for the slaughter.

23Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast vs not off for euer.

24Wherefore hidest thou thy face? and forgettest our affliction, and our oppression?

25For our soule is bowed downe to the dust; our belly cleaueth vnto the earth.

26Arise for our helpe, and redeeme vs for thy mercies sake.

I == Ex 12:26-27 ; Ps 78:3

 

II == Ex 15:17 ; Deut 7:1 ; Ps 78:55 ; 50:8

III == Deut 4:37 ; 7:7-8 ; 8:17 ; Josh 24:12

 

 

 

 

 

 

VI == Ps 33:16 ; Hos 1:7

 

 

 

 

 

X == Lev 26:17 ; Deut 28:25

 

XI ==Deut 4:27 ; 28:64 ; Rom 8:36

XII == Isa 52:3-4 ; Jer 15:13

XIII == Deut 28:37 ; Ps 79:4 ; 80:6

XIV == 2nd Kings 19:21 ; Jer 24:9

 

 

XVI == Ps 8:2

 

XVII == Dan 9:13

 

XVIII == Job 23:11 ; Ps 119:51 , 157

XIX == Ps 23:4 ; Isa 34:13 ; 35:7

XX == Job 11:13 ; Ps 68:31

XXI == JOb 31:14 ; Ps 139:1 ; Jer 17:10

XXII == Rom 8:36

 

XXIII == Ps 7:6 ; 35:23 ; 44:9 ; 59:4-5 ; 78:65

XXIV == Job 13:24 ; Ps 13:1 ; 88:14

XXV == Ps 119:25

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 For the leader. A maskil of the Korahites.

2 O God, we have heard with our own ears; our ancestors have told us The deeds you did in their days, with your own hand in days of old:

3 You rooted out nations to plant them, crushed peoples and expelled them.

4 Not with their own swords did they conquer the land, nor did their own arms bring victory; It was your right hand, your own arm, the light of your face for you favored them.

5 You are my king and my God, who bestows victories on Jacob.

6 Through you we batter our foes; through your name we trample our adversaries.

7 Not in my bow do I trust, nor does my sword bring me victory.

8 You have brought us victory over our enemies, shamed those who hate us.

9 In God we have boasted all the day long; your name we will praise forever.

10 But now you have rejected and disgraced us; you do not march out with our armies.

11 You make us retreat before the foe; those who hate us plunder us at will.

12 You hand us over like sheep to be slaughtered, scatter us among the nations.

13 You sell your people for nothing; you make no profit from their sale.

14 You make us the reproach of our neighbors, the mockery and scorn of those around us.

15 You make us a byword among the nations; the peoples shake their heads at us.

16 All day long my disgrace is before me; shame has covered my face

17 At the sound of those who taunt and revile, at the sight of the enemy and avenger.

18 All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten you, nor been disloyal to your covenant.

19 Our hearts have not turned back, nor have our steps strayed from your path.

20 Yet you have left us crushed, desolate in a place of jackals; you have covered us with a shadow of death.

21 If we had forgotten the name of our God, stretched out our hands to another god,

22 Would not God have discovered this, God who knows the secrets of the heart?

23For you we are slain all the day long, considered only as sheep to be slaughtered.

24 Awake! Why do you sleep, O Lord? Rise up! Do not reject us forever!

25 Why do you hide your face; why forget our pain and misery?

26 For our soul has been humiliated in the dust; our belly is pressed to the earth.

27 Rise up, help us! Redeem us in your mercy.

V 1-8 are an assertion of confidence in the Lord because of what He has done in the past, yet in verses 9-16 they have experienced humiliating defeat.

V 17- 22 they are perplexed why the Lord had let them down, because at this time they were obeying Him. They felt God would know that because he knew the secrets of the heart. Perhaps defeat was just to draw them closer to Him.

V 23-26 is a call for God to wake up and help, as they still trusted Him.