⁴ You are my God and King,
and you give victory^[a]
    to the people of Jacob.
⁵ By your great power,
we knocked our enemies down
    and trampled on them.
⁶ I don't depend on my arrows
    or my sword to save me.
⁷ But you saved us
from our hateful enemies,
    and you put them to shame.
⁸ We boast about you, our God,
    and we are always grateful.

⁹ But now you have rejected us;
you don't lead us into battle,
    and we look foolish.
¹⁰ You made us retreat,
and our enemies have taken
    everything we own.
¹¹ You let us be slaughtered
    like sheep,
and you scattered us
    among the nations.
¹² You sold your people
for little or nothing,
    and you earned no profit.

¹³ You made us look foolish
    to our neighbors;
people who live nearby
    insult us and sneer.
¹⁴ Foreigners joke about us
    and shake their heads.
¹⁵ I am embarrassed every day,
    and I blush with shame.
¹⁶ But others mock and sneer,
as they watch my enemies
    take revenge on me.

¹⁷ All this happened to us,
though we didn't forget you
    or break our agreement.
¹⁸ We always kept you in mind
    and followed your teaching.
¹⁹ But you crushed us,
    and you covered us
with deepest darkness
    where wild animals live.

²⁰ We did not forget you
or lift our hands in prayer
    to foreign gods.
²¹ You would have known it
because you discover
    every secret thought.
^22 (A) We face death all day for you.
We are like sheep on their way
    to be slaughtered.

²³ Wake up! Do something, Lord!
Why are you sleeping?
    Don't desert us forever.
²⁴ Why do you keep looking away?
Don't forget our sufferings
    and all our troubles.
²⁵ We are flat on the ground,
    holding on to the dust.
²⁶ Do something! Help us!
Show how kind you are
    and come to our rescue.