'Us' in the Bible

You handed us over like sheep to be eaten; you scattered us among the nations.

You made us an object of disdain to our neighbors; those who live on our borders taunt and insult us.

You made us an object of ridicule among the nations; foreigners treat us with contempt.

All this has happened to us, even though we have not rejected you or violated your covenant with us.

Yet you have battered us, leaving us a heap of ruins overrun by wild dogs; you have covered us with darkness.

Rouse yourself! Why do you sleep, O Lord? Wake up! Do not reject us forever!

Rise up and help us! Rescue us because of your loyal love!

He subdued nations beneath us and countries under our feet.

He picked out for us a special land to be a source of pride for Jacob, whom he loves. (Selah)

For God, our God, is our defender forever! He guides us!

For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a well-written song by David. It was written when the Ziphites came and informed Saul: "David is hiding with us." O God, deliver me by your name! Vindicate me by your power!

Do not strike them dead suddenly, because then my people might forget the lesson. Use your power to make them homeless vagabonds and then bring them down, O Lord who shields us!

For the music director; according to the shushan-eduth style; a prayer of David written to instruct others. It was written when he fought against Aram Naharaim and Aram-Zobah. That was when Joab turned back and struck down 12,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. O God, you have rejected us. You suddenly turned on us in your anger. Please restore us!

You have made your people experience hard times; you have made us drink intoxicating wine.

Have you not rejected us, O God? O God, you do not go into battle with our armies.

Give us help against the enemy, for any help men might offer is futile.

He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the river on foot. Let us rejoice in him there!

For you, O God, tested us; you purified us like refined silver.

You led us into a trap; you caused us to suffer.

You allowed men to ride over our heads; we passed through fire and water, but you brought us out into a wide open place.

For the music director; to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a psalm, a song. May God show us his favor and bless us! May he smile on us! (Selah)

The earth yields its crops. May God, our God, bless us!

May God bless us! Then all the ends of the earth will give him the honor he deserves.

The Lord deserves praise! Day after day he carries our burden, the God who delivers us. (Selah)

A well-written song by Asaph. Why, O God, have you permanently rejected us? Why does your anger burn against the sheep of your pasture?

We do not see any signs of God's presence; there are no longer any prophets and we have no one to tell us how long this will last.

What we have heard and learned -- that which our ancestors have told us --

They insulted God, saying, "Is God really able to give us food in the wilderness?

Yes, he struck a rock and water flowed out, streams gushed forth. But can he also give us food? Will he provide meat for his people?"

We have become an object of disdain to our neighbors; those who live on our borders taunt and insult us.

Do not hold us accountable for the sins of earlier generations! Quickly send your compassion our way, for we are in serious trouble!

Help us, O God, our deliverer! For the sake of your glorious reputation, rescue us! Forgive our sins for the sake of your reputation!

In the sight of Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh reveal your power! Come and deliver us!

O God, restore us! Smile on us! Then we will be delivered!

You have made our neighbors dislike us, and our enemies insult us.

O God, invincible warrior, restore us! Smile on us! Then we will be delivered!

Then we will not turn away from you. Revive us and we will pray to you!

O Lord God, invincible warrior, restore us! Smile on us! Then we will be delivered!

A song, a psalm of Asaph. O God, do not be silent! Do not ignore us! Do not be inactive, O God!

Restore us, O God our deliverer! Do not be displeased with us!

Will you stay mad at us forever? Will you remain angry throughout future generations?

Will you not revive us once more? Then your people will rejoice in you!

O Lord, show us your loyal love! Bestow on us your deliverance!

So teach us to consider our mortality, so that we might live wisely.

Turn back toward us, O Lord! How long must this suffering last? Have pity on your servants!

Satisfy us in the morning with your loyal love! Then we will shout for joy and be happy all our days!

Make us happy in proportion to the days you have afflicted us, in proportion to the years we have experienced trouble!

May our sovereign God extend his favor to us! Make our endeavors successful! Yes, make them successful!

Come! Let's sing for joy to the Lord! Let's shout out praises to our protector who delivers us!

He remains loyal and faithful to the family of Israel. All the ends of the earth see our God deliver us.

Acknowledge that the Lord is God! He made us and we belong to him; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

He does not deal with us as our sins deserve; he does not repay us as our misdeeds deserve.

As far as the eastern horizon is from the west, so he removes the guilt of our rebellious actions from us.

Deliver us, O Lord, our God! Gather us from among the nations! Then we will give thanks to your holy name, and boast about your praiseworthy deeds.

Have you not rejected us, O God? O God, you do not go into battle with our armies.

Give us help against the enemy, for any help men might offer is futile.

Not to us, O Lord, not to us! But to your name bring honor, for the sake of your loyal love and faithfulness.

The Lord takes notice of us, he will bless -- he will bless the family of Israel, he will bless the family of Aaron.

For his loyal love towers over us, and the Lord's faithfulness endures. Praise the Lord!

Please Lord, deliver! Please Lord, grant us success!

The Lord is God and he has delivered us. Tie the offering with ropes to the horns of the altar!

Look, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a female servant look to the hand of her mistress, so my eyes will look to the Lord, our God, until he shows us favor.

Show us favor, O Lord, show us favor! For we have had our fill of humiliation, and then some.

if the Lord had not been on our side, when men attacked us,

they would have swallowed us alive, when their anger raged against us.

The water would have overpowered us; the current would have overwhelmed us.

The raging water would have overwhelmed us.

The Lord deserves praise, for he did not hand us over as prey to their teeth.

The Lord did indeed accomplish great things for us. We were happy.

Let us go to his dwelling place! Let us worship before his footstool!

to the one who remembered us when we were down, for his loyal love endures,

and snatched us away from our enemies, for his loyal love endures,

for there our captors ask us to compose songs; those who mock us demand that we be happy, saying: "Sing for us a song about Zion!"

O daughter Babylon, soon to be devastated! How blessed will be the one who repays you for what you dished out to us!

If they say, "Come with us! We will lie in wait to shed blood; we will ambush an innocent person capriciously.

Join with us! We will all share equally in what we steal."

Draw me after you; let us hurry! May the king bring me into his bedroom chambers! The Maidens to the Lover: We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. The Beloved to Her Lover: How rightly the young women adore you!

The Beloved to Her Lover: Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes, that ruin the vineyards -- for our vineyard is in bloom.

The Maidens to The Beloved: Why is your beloved better than others, O most beautiful of women? Why is your beloved better than others, that you would command us in this manner?

The Maidens to the Beloved: Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Where has your beloved turned? Tell us, that we may seek him with you.

The Beloved to Her Lover: Come, my beloved, let us go to the countryside; let us spend the night in the villages.

Let us rise early to go to the vineyards, to see if the vines have budded, to see if their blossoms have opened, if the pomegranates are in bloom -- there I will give you my love.

If the Lord who commands armies had not left us a few survivors, we would have quickly become like Sodom, we would have become like Gomorrah.

many peoples will come and say, "Come, let us go up to the Lord's mountain, to the temple of the God of Jacob, so he can teach us his requirements, and we can follow his standards." For Zion will be the center for moral instruction; the Lord will issue edicts from Jerusalem.

O descendants of Jacob, come, let us walk in the Lord's guiding light.

Seven women will grab hold of one man at that time. They will say, "We will provide our own food, we will provide our own clothes; but let us belong to you -- take away our shame!"

Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted! Issue your orders, but they will not be executed! For God is with us!

For a child has been born to us, a son has been given to us. He shoulders responsibility and is called: Extraordinary Strategist, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

The evergreens also rejoice over your demise, as do the cedars of Lebanon, singing, 'Since you fell asleep, no woodsman comes up to chop us down!'

All of them respond to you, saying: 'You too have become weak like us! You have become just like us!

In the evening there is sudden terror; by morning they vanish. This is the fate of those who try to plunder us, the destiny of those who try to loot us!

At that time they will say, "Look, here is our God! We waited for him and he delivered us. Here is the Lord! We waited for him. Let's rejoice and celebrate his deliverance!"

O Lord, you make us secure, for even all we have accomplished, you have done for us.

O Lord, our God, masters other than you have ruled us, but we praise your name alone.

For you say, "We have made a treaty with death, with Sheol we have made an agreement. When the overwhelming judgment sweeps by it will not reach us. For we have made a lie our refuge, we have hidden ourselves in a deceitful word."

Those who try to hide their plans from the Lord are as good as dead, who do their work in secret and boast, "Who sees us? Who knows what we're doing?"

They say to the visionaries, "See no more visions!" and to the seers, "Don't relate messages to us about what is right! Tell us nice things, relate deceptive messages.

This desolation will continue until new life is poured out on us from heaven. Then the desert will become an orchard and the orchard will be considered a forest.

Lord, be merciful to us! We wait for you. Give us strength each morning! Deliver us when distress comes.

Sinners are afraid in Zion; panic grips the godless. They say, 'Who among us can coexist with destructive fire? Who among us can coexist with unquenchable fire?'