1. We have heard with our ears, God;our fathers have told us,what work you did in their days,in the days of old.
2. You drove out the nations with your hand,but you planted them.You afflicted the peoples,but you spread them abroad.
3. For they didn’t get the land in possession by their own sword,neither did their own arm save them;but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face,because you were favourable to them.
4. You are my King, God.Command victories for Jacob!
5. Through you, will we push down our adversaries.Through your name, will we tread them under who rise up against us.
6. For I will not trust in my bow,neither shall my sword save me.
7. But you have saved us from our adversaries,and have shamed those who hate us.
8. In God we have made our boast all day long,we will give thanks to your name forever. Selah.
9. But now you rejected us, and brought us to dishonour,and don’t go out with our armies.
10. You make us turn back from the adversary.Those who hate us take plunder for themselves.
11. You have made us like sheep for food,and have scattered us amongst the nations.
12. You sell your people for nothing,and have gained nothing from their sale.
13. You make us a reproach to our neighbours,a scoffing and a derision to those who are around us.
14. You make us a byword amongst the nations,a shaking of the head amongst the peoples.
15. All day long my dishonour is before me,and shame covers my face,