GOD'S WORD Translation GW
New King James Version NKJV
1 O God, we have heard it with our own ears. Our ancestors have told us about the miracle you performed in their day, in days long ago.
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To the Chief Musician. A Contemplation of the sons of Korah. We have heard with our ears, O God, Our fathers have told us, The deeds You did in their days, In days of old:
2 By your power you forced nations [out of the land], but you planted our ancestors [there]. You shattered many groups of people, but you set our ancestors free.
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You drove out the nations with Your hand, But them You planted; You afflicted the peoples, and cast them out.
3 It was not with their swords that they took possession of the land. They did not gain victory with their own strength. It was your right hand, your arm, and the light of your presence [that did it], because you were pleased with them.
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For they did not gain possession of the land by their own sword, Nor did their own arm save them; But it was Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your countenance, Because You favored them.
4 You alone are my king, O God. You won those victories for Jacob.
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You are my King, O God; Command victories for Jacob.
5 With you we can walk over our enemies. With your name we can trample those who attack us.
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Through You we will push down our enemies; Through Your name we will trample those who rise up against us.
6 I do not rely on my bow, and my sword will never save me.
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For I will not trust in my bow, Nor shall my sword save me.
7 But you saved us from our enemies. You put to shame those who hate us.
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But You have saved us from our enemies, And have put to shame those who hated us.
8 All day long we praise our God. We give thanks to you forever. Selah
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In God we boast all day long, And praise Your name forever. Selah
9 But now you have rejected and disgraced us. You do not even go along with our armies.
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But You have cast us off and put us to shame, And You do not go out with our armies.
10 You make us retreat from the enemy. Those who hate us rob us at will.
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You make us turn back from the enemy, And those who hate us have taken spoil for themselves.
11 You hand us over to be butchered like sheep and scatter us among the nations.
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You have given us up like sheep intended for food, And have scattered us among the nations.
12 You sell your people for almost nothing, and at that price you have gained nothing.
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You sell Your people for next to nothing, And are not enriched by selling them.
13 You made us a disgrace to our neighbors and an object of ridicule and contempt to those around us.
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You make us a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn and a derision to those all around us.
14 You made our [defeat] a proverb among the nations so that people shake their heads at us.
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You make us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples.
15 All day long my disgrace is in front of me. Shame covers my face
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My dishonor is continually before me, And the shame of my face has covered me,
16 because of the words of those who insult and slander us, because of the presence of the enemy and the avenger.
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Because of the voice of him who reproaches and reviles, Because of the enemy and the avenger.
17 Although all of this happened to us, we never forgot you. We never ignored your promise.
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All this has come upon us; But we have not forgotten You, Nor have we dealt falsely with Your covenant.
18 Our hearts never turned away. Our feet never left your path.
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Our heart has not turned back, Nor have our steps departed from Your way;
19 Yet, you crushed us in a place for jackals and covered us with the shadow of death.
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But You have severely broken us in the place of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death.
20 If we forgot the name of our God or stretched out our hands to pray to another god,
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If we had forgotten the name of our God, Or stretched out our hands to a foreign god,
21 wouldn't God find out, since he knows the secrets in our hearts?
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Would not God search this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart.
22 Indeed, we are being killed all day long because of you. We are thought of as sheep to be slaughtered.
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Yet for Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Wake up! Why are you sleeping, O Lord? Awake! Do not reject us forever!
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Awake! Why do You sleep, O Lord? Arise! Do not cast us off forever.
24 Why do you hide your face? Why do you forget our suffering and misery?
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Why do You hide Your face, And forget our affliction and our oppression?
25 Our souls are bowing in the dust. Our bodies cling to the ground.
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For our soul is bowed down to the dust; Our body clings to the ground.
26 Arise! Help us! Rescue us because of your mercy!
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Arise for our help, And redeem us for Your mercies' sake.