⁴² Go not up, for the Lord is not with you, and you will be overcome by those who are fighting against you.

⁴² And the Lord said to me, Say to them, Do not go up to the attack; for I am not among you, and you will be overcome by those who are against you.

⁸ O Lord, what am I to say now that Israel have given way before their attackers?

¹² For this reason the children of Israel have given way, turning their backs in flight before their attackers, because they are cursed: I will no longer be with you, if you do not put the cursed thing away from among you.

¹ <To the chief music-maker. Of the sons of Korah Maschil.> 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,

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.

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.

⁴ You are my King and my God; ordering salvation for Jacob.

⁵ Through you will we overcome our haters; by your name will they be crushed under our feet who are violent against us.

⁶ I will not put faith in my bow, my sword will not be my salvation.

⁷ But it is you who have been our saviour from those who were against us, and have put to shame those who had hate for us.

⁸ Our pride is in God at all times, to his name we give praise for ever. (Selah.)

⁹ But now you have sent us away from you, and put us to shame; you do not go out with our armies.

¹⁰ Because of this we are turned back by the attacker: those who have hate for us take our goods for themselves.

¹¹ You have made us like sheep which are taken for meat; we are put to flight among the nations.