1We have heard with our ears, O God,
2How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them;
3For they got not the land in possession by their own sword,
4Thou art my King, O God:
5Through thee will we push down our enemies:
6For I will not trust in my bow,
7But thou hast saved us from our enemies,
8In God we boast all the day long,
9But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame;
10Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy:
11Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat;
12Thou sellest thy people for nought,
13Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours,
14Thou makest us a byword among the heathen,
15My confusion is continually before me,
16For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth;
17All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee,
18Our heart is not turned back,
19Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons,
20If we have forgotten the name of our God,
21Shall not God search this out?
22Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long;
23Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord?
24Wherefore hidest thou thy face,
25For our soul is bowed down to the dust:
26Arise for our help,