Israel's Complaint
1 It has come to our ears, O God, our fathers have given us the story, of the works which you did in their days, in the old times,
1 {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.
1 For the choir director. A (a)Maskil of the sons of Korah.O God, we have heard with our ears,Our (A)fathers have told usThe (B)work that You did in their days,In the (C)days of old.
1 For the choir director. A Maskil of the sons of Korah.God, we have heard with our ears—our ancestors have told us—the work You accomplished in their days,in days long ago:(A)
1 God, we heard it with our ears; our ancestors told us about what you did in their day a long time ago.
2 Uprooting the nations with your hand, and planting our fathers in their place; cutting down the nations, but increasing the growth of your people.
2 How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
2 You with Your own hand (D)drove out the nations;Then You (E)planted them;You (F)afflicted the peoples,Then You (G)spread them abroad.
2 With your hand you expelled the nations and established our ancestors. You afflicted nations and cast them out.
3 For they did not make the land theirs by their swords, and it was not their arms which kept them safe; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your face, because you had pleasure in them.
3 For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
3 For by their own sword they (H)did not possess the land,And their own arm did not save them,But Your right hand and Your (I)arm and the (J)light of Your presence,For You (K)favored them.
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.(C)
3 It was not with their sword that they inherited the land, nor did their own arm deliver them. But it was by your power, your strength, and by the light of your face; because you were pleased with them.
5 Through you will we overcome our haters; by your name will they be crushed under our feet who are violent against us.
5 Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
5 Through You we will (N)push back our adversaries;Through Your name we will (O)trample down those who rise up against us.
5 Through you we will knock down our oppressors; through your name we will tread down those who rise up against us.
10 Because of this we are turned back by the attacker: those who have hate for us take our goods for themselves.
10 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.
10 You cause us to (X)turn back from the adversary;And those who hate us (Y)have taken spoil for themselves.
10 You made us retreat from our oppressors. Our enemies ransacked us.
13 You have made us to be looked down on by our neighbours, we are laughed at and shamed by those who are round about us.
13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
13 You make us an object of reproach to our neighbors,a source of mockery and ridicule to those around us.(M)
13 You made us a laughing stock to our neighbors, a source of mockery and derision to those around us.
16 Because of the voice of him who says sharp and bitter words; because of the hater and him who is the instrument of punishment.
16 For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.
16 Because of the voice of him who (AH)reproaches and reviles,Because of the presence of the (AI)enemy and the avenger.
16 because of the voice of the one who mocks and reviles, because of the enemy and the avenger.
17 All this has come on us, but still we have kept you in our memory; and we have not been false to your word.
17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
17 All this has come upon us, but we have (AJ)not forgotten You,And we have not (AK)dealt falsely with Your covenant.
17 All this came upon us, yet we did not forsake you, and we have not dealt falsely with your covenant;
19 Though you have let us be crushed in the place of jackals, though we are covered with darkest shade.
19 Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
19 Yet You have (AN)crushed us in a place of (AO)jackalsAnd covered us with (AP)the shadow of death.
19 Nevertheless, you crushed us in the lair of jackals, and covered us in deep darkness.
22 Truly, because of you we are put to death every day; we are numbered like sheep for destruction.
22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
22 But (AT)for Your sake we are killed all day long;We are considered as (AU)sheep to be slaughtered.
22 For your sake we are being killed all day long. We are thought of as sheep to be slaughtered.