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1 To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil. We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, [what] work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
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We have heard it with our ears, O God; our ancestors have told us what you did in their days, in days long ago.
2 [How] thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and didst plant them; [how] thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
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With your hand you drove out the nations and planted our ancestors; you crushed the peoples and made our ancestors flourish.
3 For they obtained not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thy arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favor to them.
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It was not by their sword that they won the land, nor did their arm bring them victory; it was your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, for you loved them.
4 Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
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You are my King and my God, who decrees victories for Jacob.
5 Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name we will tread them under that rise up against us.
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Through you we push back our enemies; through your name we trample our foes.
6 For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
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I put no trust in my bow, my sword does not bring me victory;
7 But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.
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but you give us victory over our enemies, you put our adversaries to shame.
8 In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.
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In God we make our boast all day long, and we will praise your name forever.
9 But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.
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But now you have rejected and humbled us; you no longer go out with our armies.
10 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they who hate us plunder for themselves.
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You made us retreat before the enemy, and our adversaries have plundered us.
11 Thou hast given us like sheep [appointed] for food; and hast scattered us among the heathen.
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You gave us up to be devoured like sheep and have scattered us among the nations.
12 Thou sellest thy people for naught, and dost not increase [thy wealth] by their price.
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You sold your people for a pittance, gaining nothing from their sale.
13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to them that are around us.
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You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, the scorn and derision of those around us.
14 Thou makest us a by-word among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
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You have made us a byword among the nations; the peoples shake their heads at us.
15 My confusion [is] continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
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I live in disgrace all day long, and my face is covered with shame
16 For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.
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at the taunts of those who reproach and revile me, because of the enemy, who is bent on revenge.
17 All this is come upon us; yet we have not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
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All this came upon us, though we had not forgotten you; we had not been false to your covenant.
18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
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Our hearts had not turned back; our feet had not strayed from your path.
19 Though thou hast severely broke us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shades of death.
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But you crushed us and made us a haunt for jackals; you covered us over with deep darkness.
20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
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If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
21 Will not God search out this? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
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would not God have discovered it, since he knows the secrets of the heart?
22 Yes, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
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Yet for your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast [us] not off for ever.
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Awake, Lord! Why do you sleep? Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever.
24 Why hidest thou thy face, [and] forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
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Why do you hide your face and forget our misery and oppression?
25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth to the earth.
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We are brought down to the dust; our bodies cling to the ground.
26 Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake.
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Rise up and help us; rescue us because of your unfailing love.
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