Redeem Us, O God
(Romans 8:35–39)
For the choirmaster. A Maskil 1of the sons of Korah.
We have heard with our ears, O God; Psa 78:3-6Exo 13:14-15Deu 6:20Jdg 6:13Jol 1:3Psa 42:1Psa 77:5Isa 38:19
our fathers have told us
the work You did in their days,
in the days of old.
With Your hand You drove out the nations Exo 15:17Psa 78:552Sa 7:10Jos 11:23Jos 21:43Exo 34:11Psa 135:10-12Psa 80:8-11
and planted our fathers there;
You crushed the peoples
and cast them out.
For it was not by their sword that they took the land; Deu 7:7-8Deu 8:17-18Jos 24:12Zec 4:62Co 4:7Deu 4:37-38Exo 15:16Psa 20:6
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.
You are my King, O God, Psa 42:8Psa 74:12Mrk 9:25Psa 149:2Psa 89:18Isa 33:22Mrk 1:25-26Mrk 1:31
who ordains victories for Jacob.
Through You we repel our foes; Psa 108:13Psa 60:12Psa 118:10-13Php 4:13Deu 33:17Dan 8:4Zec 10:5Isa 41:14-16
through Your name we trample our enemies.
For I do not trust in my bow, 1Sa 17:47Hos 1:7Psa 20:7Psa 33:16-17
nor does my sword save me. 2
For You save us from our enemies; Psa 136:24Psa 140:7Jos 1:5Jos 23:9-10Psa 132:18Jos 10:42Psa 144:10Psa 40:14
You put those who hate us to shame.
In God we have boasted all day long, Psa 34:2Jer 9:241Co 1:29-31Rom 2:17Isa 45:25Psa 30:12Psa 115:1-18
and Your name we will praise forever.
Selah
But You have rejected and humbled us; Psa 60:10Psa 74:1Psa 108:11Psa 60:1Psa 43:2Jer 33:24-26Lam 3:31-32Psa 89:38-45
You no longer go forth with our armies.
You have made us retreat from the foe, Jos 7:8Lev 26:17Jos 7:12Psa 89:41Deu 28:25Isa 10:61Sa 31:1-71Sa 4:17
and those who hate us have plundered us.
You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; Deu 4:27Deu 28:64Ezk 34:12Rom 8:36Isa 11:11-12Jer 32:372Ki 17:6Jer 12:3
You have scattered us among the nations.
You sell Your people for nothing; Jer 15:13Deu 32:30Isa 52:3-4Isa 50:1Jdg 2:14Jdg 3:8Neh 5:8-12Rev 18:13
no profit do You gain from their sale.
You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, Psa 79:4Psa 80:6Jer 24:9Deu 28:37Ezk 36:19-23Jer 48:27Psa 123:3-4Psa 89:41
a mockery and derision to those around us.
You have made us a byword among the nations, Jer 24:92Ki 19:21Deu 28:37Job 16:4Job 17:6Lam 2:15-171Ki 9:72Ch 7:20
a laughingstock 3among the peoples.
All day long my disgrace is before me, Psa 69:72Ch 32:21Jer 51:51Jos 7:7-9Psa 71:13Ezr 9:6Jer 3:25Psa 89:45
and shame has covered my face,
at the voice of the scorner and reviler, Psa 8:2Psa 74:10Psa 74:18Psa 74:22-23Isa 37:17Isa 37:23-24Isa 37:3-4Psa 79:12
because of the enemy, bent on revenge.
All this has come upon us, Dan 9:13Deu 6:12Deu 8:14Ezk 16:59Ezk 20:37Isa 17:10Jer 2:32Jer 31:32
though we have not forgotten You
or betrayed Your covenant.
Our hearts have not turned back; Psa 119:51Psa 119:157Job 23:11-12Psa 78:57Zep 1:61Co 15:581Ki 15:5Jer 11:10
our steps have not strayed from Your path.
But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals; 4 Psa 23:4Job 3:5Isa 34:13-14Jer 14:17Job 30:29Psa 51:8Ezk 29:3Isa 27:1
You have covered us with deepest darkness.
If we had forgotten the name of our God Psa 81:9Job 11:13Deu 6:14Job 31:5-40Psa 68:31Psa 7:3-51Ki 8:22Exo 9:29
or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
would not God have discovered, Jer 17:10Jer 23:24Ecc 12:14Job 34:21-22Heb 4:12-13Job 31:41Co 4:5Psa 139:1-24
since He knows the secrets of the heart?
Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; Rom 8:36Isa 53:7Psa 44:111Co 4:9Jhn 15:21Jhn 16:2-31Co 15:30-31Mat 5:10-12
we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered. 5
Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Psa 7:6Psa 78:65Psa 35:23Psa 74:1Psa 77:7Psa 88:14Isa 51:9Mrk 4:38
Arise! Do not reject us forever.
Why do You hide Your face Job 13:24Deu 32:20Psa 42:9Exo 2:23-24Psa 10:1Psa 10:11Psa 13:1Psa 43:1-4
and forget our affliction and oppression?
For our soul has sunk to the dust; Psa 119:25Isa 51:23Lam 4:5Psa 66:11-12
our bodies cling to the earth.
Rise up; be our help! Psa 130:7-8Psa 25:22Psa 26:11Psa 35:2
Redeem us on account of Your loving devotion.