Redeem Us, O God (Romans 8:35–39)
1 WBS To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil. 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. 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 WBS How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and didst plant them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.BSB BSB: With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.
3 WBS For they obtained not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thy arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favor to 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 WBS Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob. BSB BSB: You are my King, O God, who ordains victories for Jacob.
5 WBS Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name we will tread them under that rise up against us. BSB BSB: Through You we repel our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies.
6 WBS For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. BSB BSB: For I do not trust in my bow, nor does my sword save me.
7 WBS But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us. BSB BSB: For You save us from our enemies; You put those who hate us to shame.
8 WBS In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah. BSB BSB: In God we have boasted all day long, and Your name we will praise forever. Selah
9 WBS But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies. BSB BSB: But You have rejected and humbled us; You no longer go forth with our armies.
10 WBS Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they who hate us plunder for themselves. BSB BSB: You have made us retreat from the foe, and those who hate us have plundered us.
11 WBS Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for food; and hast scattered us among the heathen. BSB BSB: You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations.
12 WBS Thou sellest thy people for naught, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price. BSB BSB: You sell Your people for nothing; no profit do You gain from their sale.
13 WBS Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to them that are around us. BSB BSB: You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.
14 WBS Thou makest us a by-word among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people. BSB BSB: You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.
15 WBS My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me, BSB BSB: All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face,
16 WBS For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger. BSB BSB: at the voice of the scorner and reviler, because of the enemy, bent on revenge.
17 WBS All this is come upon us; yet we have not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant. BSB BSB: All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant.
18 WBS Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way; BSB BSB: Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path.
19 WBS Though thou hast severely broke us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shades of death. BSB BSB: But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals; You have covered us with deepest darkness.
20 WBS If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god; BSB BSB: If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
21 WBS Will not God search out this? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. BSB BSB: would not God have discovered, since He knows the secrets of the heart?
22 WBS Yes, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter. BSB BSB: Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
23 WBS Awake, why sleepest thou, O LORD? arise, cast us not off for ever. BSB BSB: Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.
24 WBS Why hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression? BSB BSB: Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?
25 WBS For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth to the earth. BSB BSB: For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.
26 WBS Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake. BSB BSB: Rise up; be our help! Redeem us on account of Your loving devotion.
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