Redeem Us, O God (Romans 8:35–39)
1 ULT God, we have heard with our ears, our fathers have recounted to us, the work you worked in their days, in the days of antiquity. BSB BSB: For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.
2 ULT You, you drove out the nations{ by} your hand, but you planted them. You caused harm to the peoples, but you sent them. BSB BSB: With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.
3 ULT For they did not possess the land with their sword, and their arm did not save them, but your right hand and your arm and the light of your face, for you favored them. BSB BSB: For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.
4 ULT You{ are} he, my king, God. Command the salvation of Jacob. BSB BSB: You are my King, O God, who ordains victories for Jacob.
5 ULT By you we gore our enemies; by your name we trample the ones arising{ against} us. BSB BSB: Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies.
6 ULT For I do not trust in my bow, and my sword does not save me, BSB BSB: For I do not trust in my bow, nor does my sword save me.
7 ULT but you save us from our enemies, and you shame the ones hating us. BSB BSB: For You save us from our enemies; You put those who hate us to shame.
8 ULT In God we boast all of the day, and we will praise your name forever. Selah BSB BSB: In God we have boasted all day long, and Your name we will praise forever. Selah
9 ULT But you have rejected and humiliated us, and you do not go out with our armies. BSB BSB: But You have rejected and humbled us; You no longer go forth with our armies.
10 ULT You make us turn back from the enemy, and the ones hating us plunder for themselves. BSB BSB: You have made us retreat from the foe, and those who hate us have plundered us.
11 ULT You have made us like sheep of food, and you have scattered us among the nations. BSB BSB: You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations.
12 ULT You have sold your people for not- wealth, and you have not increased by their price. BSB BSB: You sell Your people for nothing; no profit do You gain from their sale.
13 ULT You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to{ those} around us. BSB BSB: You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.
14 ULT You have made us a proverb among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples. BSB BSB: You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.
15 ULT All of the day my disgrace{ is} before me, and the shame of my face covers me, BSB BSB: All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face,
16 ULT from the voice of one reproaching and one reviling, from the face of an enemy and one avenging. BSB BSB: at the voice of the scorner and reviler, because of the enemy, bent on revenge.
17 ULT All of this has come{ to} us, but we have not forgotten you and we have not dealt falsely with your covenant. BSB BSB: All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant.
18 ULT Our heart has not turned itself back, nor have our steps turned aside from your way. BSB BSB: Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path.
19 ULT But you have crushed us into a place of jackals, and you have covered over us with a dark shadow. BSB BSB: But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals; You have covered us with deepest darkness.
20 ULT If we had forgotten the name of our God and spread out our palms to a foreign god, BSB BSB: If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
21 ULT would God not have discovered this? For he is knowing the secrets of the heart. BSB BSB: would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?
22 ULT But because of you we are killed all of the day, we are considered like sheep of slaughter. BSB BSB: Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
23 ULT Awake! Why are you sleeping, Lord? Wake up! Do not reject{ us} forever! BSB BSB: Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.
24 ULT Why do you hide your face, forget our affliction and our oppression? BSB BSB: Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?
25 ULT For our soul has sunk down into the dust, our belly clings to the earth. BSB BSB: For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.
26 ULT Arise{ as} a helper to us and redeem us because of your covenant faithfulness. BSB BSB: Rise up; be our help! Redeem us on account of Your loving devotion.
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