1. O God with our ears have we heard, our fathers have told us, the work thou wroughtest in their days, in the days of old:
2. Thou, by thy hand, didst dispossess the nations, but them thou didst plant; thou didst afflict the peoples, but them didst thou cause to spread out.
3. For not by their own sword did they take possession of the land, neither did their own arm save them; but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst delight in them.
4. Thou thyself art my king, O God command deliverance for Jacob.
5. Through thee will we push down our adversaries; through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.