Verse
ASV
American Standard Version
KJV
King James Version
We have heard with our ears, O God, Our fathers have told us, What work thou didst in their days, In the days
of old.
We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times
of old.
Thou didst drive out the nations
with thy hand ;
But
them thou
didst
plant:
Thou didst afflict the peoples;
But
them thou
didst
spread
abroad
.
How
thou didst drive out the heathen
with thy hand ,
and
plantedst
them ;
how
thou didst afflict the people,
and
cast
them out
.
For they gat
not the land in possession by their own sword, Neither did their own arm save them ;
But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, Because thou wast
favorable
unto them.
For they got
not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them :
but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst
a
favour
unto them.
Thou art my King, O God: Command deliverance
for Jacob.
Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances
for Jacob.
Through thee will we push down our adversaries
: Through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
Through thee will we push down our enemies
: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
For I will not trust in my bow, Neither shall my sword save me.
For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
But thou hast saved us from our adversaries
, And hast put them to shame that hate
us.
But thou hast saved us from our enemies
, and hast put them to shame that hated
us.
In God have
we made
our
boast all the day long, And we
will
give
thanks
unto
thy name for ever. Selah
In God we boast all the day long, and praise
thy name for ever. Selah .
But now
thou hast cast `us'
off, and brought
us to dishonor,
And goest not forth with our hosts
.
But thou hast cast off, and put
us to shame;
and goest not forth with our armies
.
Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary;
And they that
hate us take
spoil for themselves.
Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy:
and they which
hate us spoil for themselves.
Thou hast made
us like sheep `
appointed '
for food,
And hast scattered us among the nations
.
Thou hast given
us like sheep appointed for meat;
and hast scattered us among the heathen
.
Thou sellest thy people for nought, And hast
not increased
`
thy wealth '
by their price.
Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost
not increase
thy wealth by their price.
Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors
, A scoffing
and a derision to them that are round about us.
Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours
, a scorn
and a derision to them that are round about us.
Thou makest us a byword among the nations
, A shaking of the head among the peoples
.
Thou makest us a byword among the heathen
, a shaking of the head among the people
.
All
the
day
long
is
my dishonor
before me, And the shame of my face hath covered me,
My confusion
is
continually
before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth ,
By reason of the enemy and the
avenger.
For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth ;
by reason of the enemy and avenger.
All this is come upon us; Yet have we not forgotten thee, Neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
Our heart is not turned back, Neither have our steps declined from thy way ,
Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way ;
That
thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals
, And covered us with the shadow of death.
Though
thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons
, and covered us with the shadow of death.
If we have forgotten the name of our God, Or spread
forth
our hands to a strange god;
If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched
out
our hands to a strange god;
Will
not God search this out? For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Shall
not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; We are accounted
as sheep for the slaughter.
Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted
as sheep for the slaughter.
Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? Arise, cast `
us '
not off for ever.
Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
For our soul is bowed down to the dust: Our body
cleaveth unto the earth.
For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly
cleaveth unto the earth.
Rise
up
for our help, And redeem us for thy lovingkindness
' sake. Psalm
45
For
the
Chief
Musician;
set
to
Shoshannim.
`A
Psalm'
of
the
sons
of
Korah.
Maschil.
A
Song
of
loves.
Arise
for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies
' sake.
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