1. Unto the end, for the sons of Core, to give understanding.
2. We have heard, O God, with our ears: our fathers have declared to us, The work, thou hast wrought in their days, and in the days of old.
3. Thy hand destroyed the Gentiles, and thou plantedst them: thou didst afflict the people and cast them out.
4. For they got not the possession of the land by their own sword: neither did their own arm save them. But thy right hand and thy arm, and the light of thy countenance: because thou wast pleased with them.
5. Thou art thyself my king and my God, who commandest the saving of Jacob.
6. Through thee we will push down our enemies with the horn: and through thy name we will despise them that rise up against us.
7. For I will not trust in my bow: neither shall my sword save me.
8. But thou hast saved us from them that afflict us: and hast put them to shame that hate us.
9. In God shall we glory all the day long: and in thy name we will give praise for ever.
10. But now thou hast cast us off, and put us to shame: and thou, O God, wilt not go out with our armies.
11. Thou hast made us turn our back to our enemies: and they that hated us plundered for themselves.
12. Thou hast given us up like sheep to be eaten: thou hast scattered us among the nations.