1O God, we have heard with our ears and our fathers told us about the work that you did in their days, in the days of old. 2You drove out the nations with your own hand great power. Then you planted them; you afflicted the peoples and spread them abroad. 3It was not with their swords that they took possession of the land. They did not gain victory with their own strength. It was your right hand, your arm power, and the light of your presence that did it, because you were pleased with them. 4You alone are my king, O God. You won those victories for Jacob. 5With you we can walk over our enemies. With your name we can trample those who attack us. 6I do not rely on my bow, and my sword will never save me. 7You saved us from our adversaries. You put to shame those who hate us. 8All day long we praise our God. We give thanks to your name forever. 9Yet you have rejected and disgraced us. You do not even go along with our armies. 10You make us retreat from the enemy. Those who hate us rob us at will. 11You give us over to be butchered like sheep and scatter us among the nations. 12You sell your people for almost nothing, and at that price you have gained nothing. 13You made us a reproach to our neighbors and an object of ridicule and contempt to those around us. 14You made our defeat a proverb among the nations so that people shake their heads at us. 15All day long my disgrace is in front of me. Shame covers my face. 16This is because of the words of those who insult and slander us, because of the presence of the enemy and the avenger. 17Although all of this happened to us, we never forgot you. We never ignored your promise. 18Our hearts never turned away. Our feet never left your path. 19You crushed us in a place for jackals and covered us with the shadow of death. 20If we forgot the name of our God or stretched out our hands to pray to another god, 21would God not find out, since he knows the secrets in our hearts? 22We are being killed all day long because of you. We are thought of as sheep to be slaughtered. 23Wake up! Why are you sleeping, O Jehovah? Awake! Do not reject us forever! 24Why do you hide your face? Why do you forget our suffering and misery? 25We are bowing in the dust. Our bodies cling to the ground. 26Arise! Help us! Rescue us because of your loving kindness!