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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.
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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.
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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.
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Thou art my King, O God: Command deliverance for Jacob.
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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.
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For I will not trust in my bow, Neither shall my sword save me.
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But thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And hast put them to shame that hate us.
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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
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But now thou hast cast [us] off, and brought us to dishonor, And goest not forth with our hosts.
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Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary; And they that hate us take spoil for themselves.