1. God, we have heard with our ears —our ancestors have told us —the work You accomplished in their days,in days long ago:
2. to plant them,You drove out the nations with Your hand;to settle them,You crushed the peoples.
3. For they did not take the land by their sword —their arm did not bring them victory —but by Your right hand, Your arm,and the light of Your face,for You were pleased with them.
4. You are my King, my God,who ordains victories for Jacob.
5. Through You we drive back our foes;through Your name we trample our enemies.
6. For I do not trust in my bow,and my sword does not bring me victory.
7. But You give us victory over our foesand let those who hate us be disgraced.
8. We boast in God all day long;we will praise Your name forever. Selah
9. But You have rejected and humiliated us;You do not march out with our armies.
10. You make us retreat from the foe,and those who hate ushave taken plunder for themselves.
11. You hand us over to be eaten like sheepand scatter us among the nations.
12. You sell Your people for nothing;You make no profit from selling them.
13. You make us an object of reproach to our neighbors,a source of mockery and ridicule to those around us.
14. You make us a joke among the nations,a laughingstock among the peoples.