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1 God, we have heard about you. Our ancestors told us what you did in their days, in days long ago.
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O God, we have heard with our ears, our fathers have told us, what deeds you performed in their days, in the days of old:
2 With your power you forced the nations out of the land and placed our ancestors here. You destroyed those other nations, but you made our ancestors grow strong.
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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 It wasn't their swords that took the land. It wasn't their power that gave them victory. But it was your great power and strength. You were with them because you loved them.
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for not by their own sword did they win the land, nor did their own arm save them, but your right hand and your arm, and the light of your face, for you delighted in them.
4 My God, you are my King. Your commands led Jacob's people to victory.
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You are my King, O God; ordain salvation for Jacob!
5 With your help we pushed back our enemies. In your name we trampled those who came against us.
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Through you we push down our foes; through your name we tread down those who rise up against us.
6 I don't trust my bow to help me, and my sword can't save me.
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For not in my bow do I trust, nor can my sword save me.
7 You saved us from our foes, and you made our enemies ashamed.
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But you have saved us from our foes and have put to shame those who hate us.
8 We will praise God every day; we will praise your name forever.Selah
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In God we have boasted continually, and we will give thanks to your name forever. Selah
9 But you have rejected us and shamed us. You don't march with our armies anymore.
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But you have rejected us and disgraced us and have not gone out with our armies.
10 You let our enemies push us back, and those who hate us have taken our wealth.
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You have made us turn back from the foe, and those who hate us have gotten spoil.
11 You gave us away like sheep to be eaten and have scattered us among the nations.
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You have made us like sheep for slaughter and have scattered us among the nations.
12 You sold your people for nothing and made no profit on the sale.
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You have sold your people for a trifle, demanding no high price for them.
13 You made us a joke to our neighbors; those around us laugh and make fun of us.
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You have made us the taunt of our neighbors, the derision and scorn of those around us.
14 You made us a joke to the other nations; people shake their heads.
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You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.
15 I am always in disgrace, and I am covered with shame.
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All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face
16 My enemy is getting even with insults and curses.
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at the sound of the taunter and reviler, at the sight of the enemy and the avenger.
17 All these things have happened to us, but we have not forgotten you or failed to keep our agreement with you.
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All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten you, and we have not been false to your covenant.
18 Our hearts haven't turned away from you, and we haven't stopped following you.
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Our heart has not turned back, nor have our steps departed from your way;
19 But you crushed us in this place where wild dogs live, and you covered us with deep darkness.
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yet you have broken us in the place of jackals and covered us with the shadow of death.
20 If we had forgotten our God or lifted our hands in prayer to foreign gods,
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If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
21 God would have known, because he knows what is in our hearts.
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would not God discover this? For he knows the secrets of the heart.
22 But for you we are in danger of death all the time. People think we are worth no more than sheep to be killed.
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Yet for your sake we are killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.
23 Wake up, Lord! Why are you sleeping? Get up! Don't reject us forever.
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Awake! Why are you sleeping, O Lord? Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever!
24 Why do you hide from us? Have you forgotten our pain and troubles?
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Why do you hide your face? Why do you forget our affliction and oppression?
25 We have been pushed down into the dirt; we are flat on the ground.
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For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly clings to the ground.
26 Get up and help us. Because of your love, save us.
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Rise up; come to our help! Redeem us for the sake of your steadfast love!