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In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.
9
But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.
10
Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they who hate us plunder for themselves.
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Thou hast given us like sheep [appointed] for food; and hast scattered us among the heathen.
12
Thou sellest thy people for naught, and dost not increase [thy wealth] by their price.
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Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to them that are around us.
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Thou makest us a by-word among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
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My confusion [is] continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
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For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.
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All this is come upon us; yet we have not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
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Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;