1God, we ourselves have heard
2They told us how you expelled the ungodly people
3It was not by using their own swords that they conquered the people that lived in that land,
4You are my King and my God;
5It is by your power that we knock our enemies down and tramp on them.
6I do not trust that I will be saved
7No, it is you who have rescued us from our enemies,
8We have continually boasted about what God has done for us,
9But now you have rejected us and caused us to be disgraced;
10You have caused us to run away from our enemies,
11You have allowed us to become like [MET] sheep that were ready to be slaughtered;
12It is as though [MET] you sold us, your people, to our enemies for a very small price,
13People who live in nations near us make fun of us;
14They make jokes using the name of our country,
15All day I feel disgraced;
16I hear what those who sneer at me and revile me say;
17All these things have happened to us
18We have not stopped being loyal to you,
19But it is as though you have allowed us to be helpless among wild animals,
20If we had forgotten to worship [MTY] our God,
21you certainly would have known that,
22But it is because we belong to you,
23So, Yahweh, arise! Why are you asleep [RHQ]?
24Why are you not looking at us?
25We are pushed down to the ground
26Arise, and come and help us!