For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. We have heard with our ears , O God ; our fathers have told the work You did in their days , in the days of old.
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With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted (our fathers) there ; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.
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For it was not by their sword that they took the land ; their arm did not bring them victory It was by Your right hand , Your arm , and the light of Your face , because You favored them.
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You ... are my King , O God , who ordains victories for Jacob.
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we repel our foes ; through Your name we trample our enemies.
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For I do not trust in my bow , nor does my sword ... save me.
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For You save us from our enemies ; You put those who hate us to shame.
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In God we have boasted all day long ... , and Your name we will praise forever. Selah
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But You have rejected and humbled us ; You no longer go forth with our armies.
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You have made us retreat ... from the foe , and those who hate us have plundered us.
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You have given us up as sheep to be devoured ; You have scattered us among the nations.
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You sell Your people for nothing ; no profit do You gain from their sale.
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You have made us a reproach to our neighbors , a mockery and derision to those around us.
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You have made us a byword among the nations , a laughingstock ... among the peoples.
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All day long ... my disgrace is before me , and shame has covered my face ,
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at the voice of the scorner and reviler , because of the enemy , bent on revenge.
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All this has come upon us , though we have not forgotten You ... or betrayed Your covenant.
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Our hearts have not turned back ... ; our steps have not strayed from Your path.
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But You have crushed us in the lair of jackals ; You have covered us ... with deepest darkness.
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If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god ,
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would not God have discovered ... , since He knows the secrets of the heart ?
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Yet for Your sake we face death all day long ... ; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
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Wake up , O Lord ! Why are You sleeping ? Arise ! Do not reject us forever ....
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Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression ?
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For our soul has sunk to the dust ; our bodies cling to the earth.
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Rise up ; be our help Redeem us on account of Your loving devotion.
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