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A <i>maskil</i> of the Korahites.</p> <p class="chsect">I</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v23044002" class="ver">2</span>O God, we have heard with our own ears;</p> <p class="sl1">our ancestors have told us<a id="ren23044002-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23044002-a">a</a></p> <p class="sl">The deeds you did in their days,</p> <p class="sl1">with your own hand in days of old:</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23044003" class="ver">3</span>You rooted out nations to plant them,<a id="ren23044003-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23044003-b">b</a></p> <p class="sl1">crushed peoples and expelled them.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23044004" class="ver">4</span>Not with their own swords did they conquer the land,<a id="ren23044004-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23044004-c">c</a></p> <p class="sl1">nor did their own arms bring victory;</p> <p class="sl">It was your right hand, your own arm,</p> <p class="sl1">the light of your face for you favored them.<a id="ren23044004-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23044004-d">d</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23044005" class="ver">5</span>You are my king and my God,<a id="ren23044005-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23044005-e">e</a></p> <p class="sl1">who bestows victories on Jacob.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23044006" class="ver">6</span>Through you we batter our foes;</p> <p class="sl1">through your name we trample our adversaries.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23044007" class="ver">7</span>Not in my bow do I trust,</p> <p class="sl1">nor does my sword bring me victory.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23044008" class="ver">8</span>You have brought us victory over our enemies,</p> <p class="sl1">shamed those who hate us.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23044009" class="ver">9</span>In God we have boasted all the day long;</p> <p class="sl1">your name we will praise forever.</p> <p class="sli"><i>Selah</i></p> </div> <p class="chsect">II</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v23044010" class="ver">10</span><a id="ren23044010-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23044010-f">f</a>But now you have rejected and disgraced us;</p> <p class="sl1">you do not march out with our armies.<a id="ren23044010-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23044010-g">g</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23044011" class="ver">11</span>You make us retreat<a id="rfn23044011-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23044011-1">*</a> before the foe;</p> <p class="sl1">those who hate us plunder us at will.<a id="ren23044011-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23044011-h">h</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23044012" class="ver">12</span>You hand us over like sheep to be slaughtered,</p> <p class="sl1">scatter us among the nations.<a id="ren23044012-i" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23044012-i">i</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23044013" class="ver">13</span>You sell your people for nothing;</p> <p class="sl1">you make no profit from their sale.<a id="ren23044013-j" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23044013-j">j</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23044014" class="ver">14</span>You make us the reproach of our neighbors,<a id="ren23044014-k" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23044014-k">k</a></p> <p class="sl1">the mockery and scorn of those around us.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23044015" class="ver">15</span>You make us a byword among the nations;</p> <p class="sl1">the peoples shake their heads at us.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23044016" class="ver">16</span>All day long my disgrace is before me;</p> <p class="sl1">shame has covered my face</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23044017" class="ver">17</span>At the sound of those who taunt and revile,</p> <p class="sl1">at the sight of the enemy and avenger.</p> </div> <p class="chsect">III</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v23044018" class="ver">18</span>All this has come upon us,</p> <p class="sl1">though we have not forgotten you,</p> <p class="sl1">nor been disloyal to your covenant.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23044019" class="ver">19</span><a id="rfn23044019-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23044019-1">*</a>Our hearts have not turned back,</p> <p class="sl1">nor have our steps strayed from your path.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23044020" class="ver">20</span>Yet you have left us crushed,</p> <p class="sl1">desolate in a place of jackals;<a id="rfn23044020-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn23044020-1">*</a><a id="ren23044020-l" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23044020-l">l</a></p> <p class="sl1">you have covered us with a shadow of death.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23044021" class="ver">21</span>If we had forgotten the name of our God,</p> <p class="sl1">stretched out our hands to another god,</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23044022" class="ver">22</span>Would not God have discovered this,</p> <p class="sl1">God who knows the secrets of the heart?</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23044023" class="ver">23</span>For you we are slain all the day long,</p> <p class="sl1">considered only as sheep to be slaughtered.<a id="ren23044023-m" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23044023-m">m</a></p> </div> <p class="chsect">IV</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v23044024" class="ver">24</span>Awake! Why do you sleep, O Lord?</p> <p class="sl1">Rise up! Do not reject us forever!<a id="ren23044024-n" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23044024-n">n</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23044025" class="ver">25</span>Why do you hide your face;<a id="ren23044025-o" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23044025-o">o</a></p> <p class="sl1">why forget our pain and misery?</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23044026" class="ver">26</span>For our soul has been humiliated in the dust;<a id="ren23044026-p" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en23044026-p">p</a></p> <p class="sl1">our belly is pressed to the earth.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v23044027" class="ver">27</span>Rise up, help us!</p> <p class="sl1">Redeem us in your mercy.</p> </div> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 2010, 1991, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC All Rights Reserved. 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