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To the chief Musician[H5329] for the sons[H1121] of Korah[H7141], Maschil[H4905]. We have heard[H8085] with our ears[H241], O God[H430], our fathers[H1] have told[H5608] us, what work[H6467] thou didst[H6466] in their days[H3117], in the times[H3117] of old[H6924].
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How thou didst drive out[H3423] the heathen[H1471] with thy hand[H3027], and plantedst[H5193] them; how thou didst afflict[H7489] the people[H3816], and cast them out[H7971].
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For they got[H3423] not the land[H776] in possession[H3423] by their own sword[H2719], neither did their own arm[H2220]save[H3467] them: but thy right hand[H3225], and thine arm[H2220], and the light[H216] of thy countenance[H6440], because thou hadst a favour[H7521] unto them.
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Thou art my King[H4428], O God[H430]: command[H6680]deliverances[H3444] for Jacob[H3290].
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Through thee will we push down[H5055] our enemies[H6862]: through thy name[H8034] will we tread them under[H947] that rise up[H6965] against us.
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For I will not trust[H982] in my bow[H7198], neither shall my sword[H2719]save[H3467] me.
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But thou hast saved[H3467] us from our enemies[H6862], and hast put them to shame[H954] that hated[H8130] us.
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In God[H430] we boast[H1984] all the day[H3117] long, and praise[H3034] thy name[H8034] for ever[H5769]. Selah[H5542].
9But[H637] thou hast cast off[H2186], and put us to shame[H3637]; and goest not forth[H3318] with our armies[H6635].
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Thou makest us to turn[H7725]back[H268] from the enemy[H6862]: and they which hate[H8130] us spoil[H8154] for themselves.
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Thou hast given[H5414] us like sheep[H6629] appointed for meat[H3978]; and hast scattered[H2219] us among the heathen[H1471].
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Thou sellest[H4376] thy people[H5971] for nought[H1952], and dost not increase[H7235] thy wealth by their price[H4242].
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Thou makest[H7760] us a reproach[H2781] to our neighbours[H7934], a scorn[H3933] and a derision[H7047] to them that are round about[H5439] us.
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Thou makest[H7760] us a byword[H4912] among the heathen[H1471], a shaking[H4493] of the head[H7218] among the people[H3816].
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My confusion[H3639] is continually[H3117] before me, and the shame[H1322] of my face[H6440] hath covered[H3680] me,
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For the voice[H6963] of him that reproacheth[H2778] and blasphemeth[H1442]; by reason[H6440] of the enemy[H341] and avenger[H5358].
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All this is come[H935] upon us; yet have we not forgotten[H7911] thee, neither have we dealt falsely[H8266] in thy covenant[H1285].
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Our heart[H3820] is not turned[H5472]back[H268], neither have our steps[H838]declined[H5186] from thy way[H734];
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Though thou hast sore broken[H1794] us in the place[H4725] of dragons[H8577], and covered[H3680] us with the shadow of death[H6757].
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If we have forgotten[H7911] the name[H8034] of our God[H430], or stretched out[H6566] our hands[H3709] to a strange[H2114]god[H410];
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Shall not God[H430] search this out?[H2713] for he knoweth[H3045] the secrets[H8587] of the heart[H3820].
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Yea, for thy sake are we killed[H2026] all the day[H3117] long; we are counted[H2803] as sheep[H6629] for the slaughter[H2878].
23Awake[H5782], why sleepest[H3462] thou, O Lord?[H136]arise[H6974], cast us not off[H2186] for ever[H5331].
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Wherefore hidest[H5641] thou thy face[H6440], and forgettest[H7911] our affliction[H6040] and our oppression?[H3906]
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For our soul[H5315] is bowed down[H7743] to the dust[H6083]: our belly[H990]cleaveth[H1692] unto the earth[H776].
26Arise[H6965] for our help[H5833], and redeem[H6299] us for thy mercies[H2617]' sake.