1. O God with our ears have we heard, our fathers have told us, the work thou wroughtest in their days, in the days of old:
2. Thou, by thy hand, didst dispossess the nations, but them thou didst plant; thou didst afflict the peoples, but them didst thou cause to spread out.
3. For not by their own sword did they take possession of the land, neither did their own arm save them; but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst delight in them.
4. Thou thyself art my king, O God command deliverance for Jacob.
5. Through thee will we push down our adversaries; through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
6. For I will not put confidence in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
7. For thou hast saved us from our adversaries, and hast put them to shame that hate us.
8. In God will we boast all the day, and we will praise thy name for ever. Selah.
9. But thou hast cast off, and put us to confusion, and dost not go forth with our armies;