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1 We have heard it with our ears, O God; our ancestors have told us what you did in their days, in days long ago.
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We have heard with our ears, O God, Our fathers have told us, What work thou didst in their days, In the days of old.
2 With your hand you drove out the nations and planted our ancestors; you crushed the peoples and made our ancestors flourish.
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Thou didst drive out the nations with thy hand; But them thou didst plant: Thou didst afflict the peoples; But them thou didst spread abroad.
3 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.
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For they gat 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 wast favorable unto them.
4 You are my King and my God, who decrees victories for Jacob.
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Thou art my King, O God: Command deliverance for Jacob.
5 Through you we push back our enemies; through your name we trample our foes.
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Through thee will we push down our adversaries: Through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
6 I put no trust in my bow, my sword does not bring me victory;
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For I will not trust in my bow, Neither shall my sword save me.
7 but you give us victory over our enemies, you put our adversaries to shame.
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But thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And hast put them to shame that hate us.
8 In God we make our boast all day long, and we will praise your name forever.
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In God have we made our boast all the day long, And we will give thanks unto thy name for ever. [Selah
9 But now you have rejected and humbled us; you no longer go out with our armies.
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But now thou hast cast [us] off, and brought us to dishonor, And goest not forth with our hosts.
10 You made us retreat before the enemy, and our adversaries have plundered us.
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Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary; And they that hate us take spoil for themselves.
11 You gave us up to be devoured like sheep and have scattered us among the nations.
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Thou hast made us like sheep [appointed] for food, And hast scattered us among the nations.
12 You sold your people for a pittance, gaining nothing from their sale.
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Thou sellest thy people for nought, And hast not increased [thy wealth] by their price.
13 You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, the scorn and derision of those around us.
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Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and a derision to them that are round about us.
14 You have made us a byword among the nations; the peoples shake their heads at us.
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Thou makest us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples.
15 I live in disgrace all day long, and my face is covered with shame
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All the day long is my dishonor before me, And the shame of my face hath covered me,
16 at the taunts of those who reproach and revile me, because of the enemy, who is bent on revenge.
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For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth, By reason of the enemy and the avenger.
17 All this came upon us, though we had not forgotten you; we had not been false to your covenant.
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All this is come upon us; Yet have we not forgotten thee, Neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
18 Our hearts had not turned back; our feet had not strayed from your path.
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Our heart is not turned back, Neither have our steps declined from thy way,
19 But you crushed us and made us a haunt for jackals; you covered us over with deep darkness.
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That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death.
20 If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
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If we have forgotten the name of our God, Or spread forth our hands to a strange god;
21 would not God have discovered it, since he knows the secrets of the heart?
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Will not God search this out? For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
22 Yet for your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
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Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Awake, Lord! Why do you sleep? Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever.
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Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? Arise, cast [us] not off for ever.
24 Why do you hide your face and forget our misery and oppression?
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Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
25 We are brought down to the dust; our bodies cling to the ground.
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For our soul is bowed down to the dust: Our body cleaveth unto the earth.
26 Rise up and help us; rescue us because of your unfailing love.
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Rise up for our help, And redeem us for thy lovingkindness' sake.
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