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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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O God, we have heard with our ears; our ancestors have told us of work you worked in their days, in 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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You [with] your hand drove out the nations, but them you planted. You harmed [the] peoples, but them you let spread out.
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 not with their sword did they possess [the] land, and their arm did not give them victory. Rather [it was] your right hand and your arm and the light of your presence, because you delighted in them.
4 You are my King and my God, who decrees victories for Jacob.
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You are my king, O God. Command victories for Jacob.
5 Through you we push back our enemies; through your name we trample our foes.
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By you we push down our enemies; by your name we tread down those who 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 do not trust my bow, and my sword cannot give me victory.
7 but you give us victory over our enemies, you put our adversaries to shame.
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Rather you have saved us from our enemies, and have humiliated those who 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 we boast all the day, and we will give thanks [to] your name forever. Selah
9 But now you have rejected and humbled us; you no longer go out with our armies.
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Surely you have rejected and disgraced us, and have not gone out with our armies.
10 You made us retreat before the enemy, and our adversaries have plundered us.
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You have caused us to pull back from [the] enemy, and [so] those who hate us have plundered for themselves.
11 You gave us up to be devoured like sheep and have scattered us among the nations.
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You have given us as sheep [for] food, and among the nations you have scattered us.
12 You sold your people for a pittance, gaining nothing from their sale.
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You have sold your people {cheaply}, and did not profit 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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You have made us a taunt to our neighbors, a derision and a scorn to those around us.
14 You have made us a byword among the nations; the peoples shake their heads at us.
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You have made 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 day long} my disgrace [is] before me, and the shame of my face covers 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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because of [the] voice of [the] taunter and [the] reviler, because 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 has befallen us, though we have not forgotten you, and we have not been false to your covenant.
18 Our hearts had not turned back; our feet had not strayed from your path.
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Our heart has not turned back, and our steps have [not] turned aside from your way.
19 But you crushed us and made us a haunt for jackals; you covered us over with deep darkness.
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But you have crushed us in a place of jackals, and have covered us with deep shadow.
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 had forgotten the name of our God, or had spread out our hands [in prayer] to a foreign god,
21 would not God have discovered it, since he knows the secrets of the heart?
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would not God discover this, for he knows [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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Rather, on account of you we are killed {all day long}; we are accounted as sheep for slaughter.
23 Awake, Lord! Why do you sleep? Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever.
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Wake up! Why do you sleep, O Lord? Awake! Do not reject forever.
24 Why do you hide your face and forget our misery and oppression?
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Why do you hide your face? [Have] you forgotten our misery 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} clings to the ground.
26 Rise up and help us; rescue us because of your unfailing love.
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Rise up! [Be a] help for us, and redeem us for the sake of your loyal love.
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