| 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 favorable 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 dishonor, and don't go out with our armies. |
| 10 | You make us turn back from the adversary. Those who hate us take spoil for themselves. |
| 11 | You have made us like sheep for food, and have scattered us among the nations. |
| 12 | You sell your people for nothing, and have gained nothing from their sale. |
| 13 | You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and a derision to those who are around us. |
| 14 | You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples. |
| 15 | All day long my dishonor is before me, and shame covers my face, |
| 16 | At the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses, because of the enemy and the avenger. |
| 17 | All this has come on us, yet have we not forgotten you, Neither have we been false to your covenant. |
| 18 | Our heart has not turned back, neither have our steps strayed from your path, |
| 19 | Though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death. |
| 20 | If we have forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth our hands to a strange god; |
| 21 | won't God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart. |
| 22 | Yes, for your sake we are killed all day long. We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter. |
| 23 | Wake up! Why do you sleep, Lord? Arise! Don't reject us forever. |
| 24 | Why do you hide your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression? |
| 25 | For our soul is bowed down to the dust. Our body clings to the earth. |
| 26 | Rise up to help us. Redeem us for your loving kindness' sake. Psalm 45 For the Chief Musician. Set to "The Lilies." A contemplation by the sons of Korah. A wedding song. |
