1For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons…
2With Your hand You drove out the nations…
3For it was not by their sword that…
4You are my King, O God, who ordains…
5Through You we repel our foes; through Your…
6For I do not trust in my bow,…
7For You save us from our enemies; You…
8In God we have boasted all day long,…
9But You have rejected and humbled us; You…
10You have made us retreat from the foe,…
11You have given us up as sheep to…
12You sell Your people for nothing; no profit…
13You have made us a reproach to our…
14You have made us a byword among the…
15All day long my disgrace is before me,…
16at the voice of the scorner and reviler,…
17All this has come upon us, though we…
18Our hearts have not turned back; our steps…
19But You have crushed us in the lair…
20If we had forgotten the name of our…
21would not God have discovered, since He knows…
22Yet for Your sake we face death all…
23Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping?…
24Why do You hide Your face and forget…
25For our soul has sunk to the dust;…
26Rise up; be our help! Redeem us on…
