American Standard Version (ASV) With Strong Codes

1. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Maschil. We have heard[H8085] with our ears[H241], O God[H430], Our fathers[H1] have told[H5608] us[H6467], What work thou didst[H6466] in their days[H3117], In the days[H3117] of old[H6924].

2. Thou didst drive out[H3423] the nations[H1471] with thy hand[H3027]; But them thou didst plant[H5193]: Thou didst afflict[H7489] the peoples[H3816]; But them thou didst spread abroad[H7971].

3. For they gat[H3423] not the land[H776] in possession[H3423] by their own sword[H2719], Neither did their own arm[H2220] save[H3467] them[H3225]; But thy right hand, and thine arm[H2220], and the light[H216] of thy countenance[H6440], Because thou wast favorable unto them[H7521].

4. Thou art my King[H4428], O God[H430]: Command[H6680] deliverance[H3444] for Jacob[H3290].

5. Through thee will we push down[H5055] our adversaries[H6862]: Through thy name[H8034] will we tread them under[H947] that rise up against us[H6965].

6. For I will not trust[H982] in my bow[H7198], Neither shall my sword[H2719] save me[H3467].

7. But thou hast saved[H3467] us from our adversaries[H6862], And hast put them to shame[H954] that hate us[H8130].

8. In God[H430] have we made our boast[H1984] all the day[H3117] long[H3034], And we will give thanks unto thy name[H8034] for ever[H5769]. [H5542][[Selah

9. But[H637] now thou hast cast us off[H2186], and brought us to dishonor[H3637], And goest not forth[H3318] with our hosts[H6635].

10. Thou makest us to turn[H7725] back[H268] from the adversary[H6862]; And they that hate[H8130] us take spoil for themselves[H8154].

11. Thou hast made[H5414] us like sheep[H6629] appointed for food[H3978], And hast scattered[H2219] us among the nations[H1471].

12. Thou sellest[H4376] thy people[H5971] for nought[H1952], And hast not increased[H7235] thy wealth by their price[H4242].

13. Thou makest[H7760] us a reproach[H2781] to our neighbors[H7934], A scoffing[H3933] and a derision[H7047] to them that are round about us[H5439].

14. Thou makest[H7760] us a byword[H4912] among the nations[H1471], A shaking[H4493] of the head[H7218] among the peoples[H3816].

15. All[H3117] the day long is my dishonor[H1322] before me[H1322], And the shame of my face[H6440] hath covered me[H3680],

16. For the voice[H6963] of him that reproacheth[H2778] and blasphemeth[H1442], By reason[H6440] of the enemy[H341] and the avenger[H5358].

17. All this is come[H935] upon us[H7911]; Yet have we not forgotten thee[H8266], Neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant[H1285].

18. Our heart[H3820] is not turned[H5472] back[H268], Neither have our steps[H838] declined[H5186] from thy way[H734],

19. That thou hast sore broken[H1794] us in the place[H4725] of jackals[H8577], And covered[H3680] us with the shadow of death[H6757].

20. If we have forgotten[H7911] the name[H8034] of our God[H430], Or spread forth[H6566] our hands[H3709] to a strange[H2114] god[H410];

21. Will not God[H430] search this out[H2713]? For he knoweth[H3045] the secrets[H8587] of the heart[H3820].

22. Yea[H2026], for thy sake are we killed all the day[H3117] long[H2803]; We are accounted as sheep[H6629] for the slaughter[H2878].

23. Awake[H5782], why sleepest[H3462] thou[H136], O Lord? Arise[H6974], cast us not off[H2186] for ever[H5331].

24. Wherefore hidest[H5641] thou thy face[H6440], And forgettest[H7911] our affliction[H6040] and our oppression[H3906]?

25. For our soul[H5315] is bowed down[H7743] to the dust[H6083]: Our body[H990] cleaveth[H1692] unto the earth[H776].

26. Rise[H6965] up for our help[H5833], And redeem[H6299] us for thy lovingkindness[H2617]' sake.