⁷But you have saved us from our foes,
   and have put to confusion those who hate us.
⁸In God we have boasted continually,
   and we will give thanks to your name for ever.
          Selah

⁹Yet you have rejected us and abased us,
   and have not gone out with our armies.
¹⁰You made us turn back from the foe,
   and our enemies have taken spoil for themselves.
¹¹You have made us like sheep for slaughter,
   and have scattered us among the nations.
¹²You have sold your people for a trifle,
   demanding no high price for them.

¹³You have made us the taunt of our neighbours,
   the derision and scorn of those around us.
¹⁴You have made us a byword among the nations,
   a laughing-stock^* among the peoples.
²³Rouse yourself! Why do you sleep, O Lord?
   Awake, do not cast us off for ever!
²⁴Why do you hide your face?
   Why do you forget our affliction and oppression?
²⁵For we sink down to the dust;
   our bodies cling to the ground.
²⁶Rise up, come to our help.
   Redeem us for the sake of your steadfast love.