For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. A contemplative psalm.
We have heard with our ears, 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 what work you did in their days,
in the days of old.
You drove out the nations with your hand, Exo 15:17Psa 78:552Sa 7:10Jos 11:23Jos 21:43Exo 34:11Psa 135:10-12Psa 80:8-11
but you planted them.
You afflicted the peoples,
but you spread them abroad.
For they didn’t get the land in possession by their own sword, Deu 7:7-8Deu 8:17-18Jos 24:12Zec 4:62Co 4:7Deu 4:37-38Exo 15:16Psa 20:6
neither did their own arm save them;
but your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face,
because you were favorable to them.
God, you are my King. Psa 42:8Psa 74:12Mrk 9:25Psa 149:2Psa 89:18Isa 33:22Mrk 1:25-26Mrk 1:31
Command victories for Jacob!
Through you, we will push down our adversaries. Psa 108:13Psa 60:12Psa 118:10-13Php 4:13Deu 33:17Dan 8:4Zec 10:5Isa 41:14-16
Through your name, we will tread down those who rise up against us.
For I will not trust in my bow, 1Sa 17:47Hos 1:7Psa 20:7Psa 33:16-17
neither will my sword save me.
But you have saved us from our adversaries, Psa 136:24Psa 140:7Jos 1:5Jos 23:9-10Psa 132:18Jos 10:42Psa 144:10Psa 40:14
and have shamed those who hate us.
In God we have made our boast all day long. Psa 34:2Jer 9:241Co 1:29-31Rom 2:17Isa 45:25Psa 30:12Psa 115:1-18
We will give thanks to your name forever. Selah.
But now you rejected us, and brought us to dishonor, Psa 60:10Psa 74:1Psa 108:11Psa 60:1Psa 43:2Jer 33:24-26Lam 3:31-32Psa 89:38-45
and don’t go out with our armies.
You make us turn back from the adversary. Jos 7:8Lev 26:17Jos 7:12Psa 89:41Deu 28:25Isa 10:61Sa 31:1-71Sa 4:17
Those who hate us take plunder for themselves.
You have made us like sheep for food, Deu 4:27Deu 28:64Ezk 34:12Rom 8:36Isa 11:11-12Jer 32:372Ki 17:6Jer 12:3
and 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
and have gained nothing from their sale.
You make 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 scoffing and a derision to those who are around us.
You make 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 shaking of the head among the peoples.
All day long my dishonor is before me, Psa 69:72Ch 32:21Jer 51:51Jos 7:7-9Psa 71:13Ezr 9:6Jer 3:25Psa 89:45
and shame covers my face,
at the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses, Psa 8:2Psa 74:10Psa 74:18Psa 74:22-23Isa 37:17Isa 37:23-24Isa 37:3-4Psa 79:12
because of the enemy and the avenger.
All this has come on us, Dan 9:13Deu 6:12Deu 8:14Ezk 16:59Ezk 20:37Isa 17:10Jer 2:32Jer 31:32
yet we haven’t forgotten you.
We haven’t been false to your covenant.
Our heart has not turned back, Psa 119:51Psa 119:157Job 23:11-12Psa 78:57Zep 1:61Co 15:581Ki 15:5Jer 11:10
neither have our steps strayed from your path,
though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, Psa 23:4Job 3:5Isa 34:13-14Jer 14:17Job 30:29Psa 51:8Ezk 29:3Isa 27:1
and covered us with the shadow of death.
If we have 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 strange god,
won’t God search this out? Jer 17:10Jer 23:24Ecc 12:14Job 34:21-22Heb 4:12-13Job 31:41Co 4:5Psa 139:1-24
For he knows the secrets of the heart.
Yes, for your sake we are killed 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 regarded as sheep for the slaughter.
Wake up! Psa 7:6Psa 78:65Psa 35:23Psa 74:1Psa 77:7Psa 88:14Isa 51:9Mrk 4:38
Why do you sleep, Lord? 1
Arise!
Don’t 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 our oppression?
For our soul is bowed down to the dust. Psa 119:25Isa 51:23Lam 4:5Psa 66:11-12
Our body clings to the earth.
Rise up to help us. Psa 130:7-8Psa 25:22Psa 26:11Psa 35:2
Redeem us for your loving kindness’ sake.