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1 (43-1) <Unto the end, for the sons of Core, to give understanding.> (43-2) We have heard, O God, with our ears: our fathers have declared to us, The work thou hast wrought in their days, and in the days 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 (43-3) Thy hand destroyed the Gentiles, and thou plantedst them: 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 (43-4) For they got not the possession of the land by their own sword: neither did their own arm save them. But thy right hand and thy arm, and the light of thy countenance: because thou wast pleased with 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 (43-5) Thou art thyself my king and my God, who commandest the saving of Jacob.
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You are my King and my God; you command victories for Jacob.
5 (43-6) Through thee we will push down our enemies with the horn: and through thy name we will despise them 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 (43-7) 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 (43-8) But thou hast saved us from them that afflict us: and hast put them to shame that hate us.
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But you have saved us from our foes, and have put to confusion those who hate us.
8 (43-9) In God shall we glory all the day long: and in thy name we will give praise for ever.
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In God we have boasted continually, and we will give thanks to your name forever. (Selah)
9 (43-10) But now thou hast cast us off, and put us to shame: and thou, O God, wilt not go out with our armies.
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Yet you have rejected us and abased us, and have not gone out with our armies.
10 (43-11) Thou hast made us turn our back to our enemies: and they that hated us plundered for themselves.
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You made us turn back from the foe, and our enemies have gotten spoil.
11 (43-12) Thou hast given us up like sheep to be eaten: thou hast 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 (43-13) Thou hast sold thy people for no price: and there was no reckoning in the exchange of them.
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You have sold your people for a trifle, demanding no high price for them.
13 (43-14) Thou hast made us a reproach to our neighbours, a scoff and 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 (43-15) Thou hast made us a byword among the Gentiles: 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 (43-16) All the day long my shame is before me: and the confusion 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 (43-17) At the voice of him that reproacheth and detracteth me: at the face of the enemy and persecutor.
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at the words of the taunters and revilers, at the sight of the enemy and the avenger.
17 (43-18) All these things have come upon us, yet we have not forgotten thee: and we have not done wickedly 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 (43-19) And our heart hath not turned back: neither hast thou turned aside our steps from thy way.
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Our heart has not turned back, nor have our steps departed from your way,
19 (43-20) For thou hast humbled us in the place of affliction: and the shadow of death hath covered us.
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yet you have broken us in the haunt of jackals, and covered us with deep darkness.
20 (43-21) If we have forgotten the name of our God, and if we have spread forth 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 (43-22) Shall not God search out these things: 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 (43-22) Because for thy sake we are 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 (43-23) Arise, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, and cast us not off to the end.
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Rouse yourself! Why do you sleep, O Lord? Awake, do not cast us off forever!
24 (43-24) Why turnest thou thy face away? and forgettest our want and our trouble?
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Why do you hide your face? Why do you forget our affliction and oppression?
25 (43-25) For our soul is humbled down to the dust: our belly cleaveth to the earth.
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For we sink down to the dust; our bodies cling to the ground.
26 (43-26) Arise, O Lord, help us and redeem us for thy name’s sake.
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Rise up, come to our help. Redeem us for the sake of your steadfast love.
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