| New King James Version | Berean Study Bible |
| 1To the Chief Musician. A Contemplation of the sons of Korah. We have heard with our ears, O God, Our fathers have told us, The deeds You did in their days, In days of old: | 1For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old. |
| 2You drove out the nations with Your hand, But them You planted; You afflicted the peoples, and cast them out. | 2With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out. |
| 3For they did not gain possession of the land by their own sword, Nor did their own arm save them; But it was Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your countenance, Because You favored them. | 3For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them. |
| 4You are my King, O God; Command victories for Jacob. | 4You are my King, O God, who ordains victories for Jacob. |
| 5Through You we will push down our enemies; Through Your name we will trample those who rise up against us. | 5Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies. |
| 6For I will not trust in my bow, Nor shall my sword save me. | 6For I do not trust in my bow, nor does my sword save me. |
| 7But You have saved us from our enemies, And have put to shame those who hated us. | 7For You save us from our enemies; You put those who hate us to shame. |
| 8In God we boast all day long, And praise Your name forever. Selah | 8In God we have boasted all day long, and Your name we will praise forever. Selah |
| 9But You have cast us off and put us to shame, And You do not go out with our armies. | 9But You have rejected and humbled us; You no longer go forth with our armies. |
| 10You make us turn back from the enemy, And those who hate us have taken spoil for themselves. | 10You have made us retreat from the foe, and those who hate us have plundered us. |
| 11You have given us up like sheep intended for food, And have scattered us among the nations. | 11You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations. |
| 12You sell Your people for next to nothing, And are not enriched by selling them. | 12You sell Your people for nothing; no profit do You gain from their sale. |
| 13You make us a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn and a derision to those all around us. | 13You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us. |
| 14You make us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples. | 14You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples. |
| 15My dishonor is continually before me, And the shame of my face has covered me, | 15All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face, |
| 16Because of the voice of him who reproaches and reviles, Because of the enemy and the avenger. | 16at the voice of the scorner and reviler, because of the enemy, bent on revenge. |
| 17All this has come upon us; But we have not forgotten You, Nor have we dealt falsely with Your covenant. | 17All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant. |
| 18Our heart has not turned back, Nor have our steps departed from Your way; | 18Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path. |
| 19But You have severely broken us in the place of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death. | 19But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals; You have covered us with deepest darkness. |
| 20If we had forgotten the name of our God, Or stretched out our hands to a foreign god, | 20If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god, |
| 21Would not God search this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart. | 21would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart? |
| 22Yet for Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. | 22Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered. |
| 23Awake! Why do You sleep, O Lord? Arise! Do not cast us off forever. | 23Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever. |
| 24Why do You hide Your face, And forget our affliction and our oppression? | 24Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression? |
| 25For our soul is bowed down to the dust; Our body clings to the ground. | 25For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth. |
| 26Arise for our help, And redeem us for Your mercies’ sake. | 26Rise up; be our help! Redeem us on account of Your loving devotion. |
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