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1 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 with our ears, O God, our ancestors have told us, what deeds you performed in their days, in the days of old:
2 How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
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you with your own hand drove out the nations, but them you planted; you afflicted the peoples, but them you set free;
3 For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
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for not by their own sword did they win the land, nor did their own arm give them victory; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your countenance, for you delighted in them.
4 Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
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You are my King and my God; you command victories for Jacob.
5 Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
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Through you we push down our foes; through your name we tread down our assailants.
6 For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
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For not in my bow do I trust, nor can my sword save me.
7 But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.
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But you have saved us from our foes, and have put to confusion those who hate us.
8 In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.
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In God we have boasted continually, and we will give thanks to your name forever. (Selah)
9 But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.
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Yet you have rejected us and abased us, and have not gone out with our armies.
10 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.
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You made us turn back from the foe, and our enemies have gotten spoil.
11 Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.
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You have made us like sheep for slaughter, and have scattered us among the nations.
12 Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.
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You have sold your people for a trifle, demanding no high price for them.
13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
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You have made us the taunt of our neighbors, the derision and scorn of those around us.
14 Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
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You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.
15 My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
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All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face
16 For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.
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at the words of the taunters and revilers, at the sight of the enemy and the avenger.
17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
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All this has come upon us, yet we have not forgotten you, or 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 heart has not turned back, nor have our steps departed from your way,
19 Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
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yet you have broken us in the haunt of jackals, and covered us 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 strange god,
21 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
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would not God discover this? For he knows the secrets of the heart.
22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
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Because of you we are being killed all day long, and accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
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Rouse yourself! Why do you sleep, O Lord? Awake, do not cast us off forever!
24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
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Why do you hide your face? Why do you forget our affliction and oppression?
25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
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For we sink 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, come to our help. Redeem us for the sake of your steadfast love.
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