1. For the leader. A maskil of the Korahites.
2. O God, we have heard with our own ears;our ancestors have told usThe deeds you did in their days,with your own hand in days of old:
3. You rooted out nations to plant them,crushed peoples and expelled them.
4. Not with their own swords did they conquer the land,nor did their own arms bring victory;It was your right hand, your own arm,the light of your face for you favored them.
5. You are my king and my God,who bestows victories on Jacob.