Come to Our Help
To the choirmaster. cA Maskil1 of the Sons of Korah.
1O God, we have heard with our ears,
dour fathers have told us,
what deeds you performed in their days,
ein the days of old:
2you with your own hand fdrove out the nations,
but gthem you planted;
you afflicted the peoples,
but hthem you set free;
3for not iby their own sword did they win the land,
nor did their own arm save them,
but your right hand and your arm,
and jthe light of your face,
kfor you delighted in them.
4lYou are my King, O God;
mordain salvation for Jacob!
5Through you we npush down our foes;
through your name we otread down those who rise up against us.
6For not in pmy bow do I trust,
nor can my sword save me.
7But you have saved us from our foes
and have qput to shame those who hate us.
8rIn God we have boasted continually,
and we will give thanks to your name forever. Selah
9But you have srejected us and disgraced us
and thave not gone out with our armies.
10You have made us uturn back from the foe,
and those who hate us have gotten spoil.
11You have made us like vsheep for slaughter
and have wscattered us among the nations.
12xYou have sold your people for a trifle,
demanding no high price for them.
13You have made us ythe taunt of our neighbors,
the derision and zscorn of those around us.
14You have made us aa byword among the nations,
ba laughingstock2 among the peoples.
15All day long my disgrace is before me,
and cshame has covered my face
16at the sound of the taunter and reviler,
at the sight of dthe enemy and the avenger.
17eAll this has come upon us,
though we have not forgotten you,
and we have not been false to your covenant.
18Our heart has not turned back,
nor have our fsteps gdeparted from your way;
19yet you have hbroken us in the place of ijackals
and covered us with jthe shadow of death.
20If we had forgotten the name of our God
or kspread out our hands to la foreign god,
21mwould not God discover this?
nFor he knows the secrets of the heart.
22Yet ofor your sake we are killed all the day long;
we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.
23pAwake! Why are you sleeping, O Lord?
Rouse yourself! qDo not reject us forever!
24Why rdo you hide your face?
Why do you forget our affliction and oppression?
25For our ssoul is bowed down to the dust;
our belly clings to the ground.
26Rise up; tcome to our help!
uRedeem us for the sake of your steadfast love!
The Prophesied Kingdom — Part One
Ezra 1:1 – Malachi 4:6 Sermon • Includes Transcript • 36:31 • ID: 2390The Prophesied Kingdom — Part Two
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