Like Our Ancestors, Psalm 44

We have heard with our ears, O God
Our ancestors have told us
The deeds you performed in their days of old

With your own hand you drove out the nations
But you planted us
Afflicted the people living there
But you set us free
For not by their own sword did they win the land
Nor did their own arm give them victory

But your right hand, and your arm
And the light of your countenance
For you delighted in them

You're my King and you are my God
Commanded victories for Jacob
Through you and your name we push down our foes

For not in my bow, nor in my sword I trust
Cannot save me
But you have saved us from our foes
Confused those who hate us
In God we have boasted constantly
And we will thank your name forever

Yet you have rejected and disgraced us
And have not gone out with our armies
You have made us turn back from the foe and
Our enemies take spoil for themselves

All day long my disgrace is before me
Shame has overwhelmed my very face
At the words of the taunters and revilers
At the sight of the enemy

You've made us like sheep for the slaughter
And have scattered us among the nations
You have sold your people for a trifle
Demanding no high price for them

Even through this we have not forgotten you
Or been false to your own covenant
Our heart has not turned back nor our steps left
Yet you've broken us and covered us with dark

You have made us the taunt of our neighbours
Derision and scorn of those around us
You have made us a byword in the nations
A laughing stock among the people

If we had forgotten the name of god
Or spread out our hands to a strange god
Would not god discover this, for he knows
For he knows all the secrets to the heart

Because of you we are being killed all day
Slaughtered like the sheep
Rouse yourself, Why do you sleep
O Lord, do not cast us off

Why do you hide your face
Why do you forget
Our affliction
And oppression

For we sink down to the dust
Our bodies cling to the ground

Rise up, come to our help redeem
For the sake of your
Steadfast love