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For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A maskil. We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us what you did in their days, in days long ago.
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With your hand you drove out the nations and planted our fathers; you crushed the peoples and made our fathers flourish.
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It was not by their sword that they won the land, nor did their arm bring them victory; it was your right hand, your arm, and the light of your face, for you loved them.
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You are my King and my God, who decrees victories for Jacob.
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Through you we push back our enemies; through your name we trample our foes.
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I do not trust in my bow, my sword does not bring me victory;
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but you give us victory over our enemies, you put our adversaries to shame.
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In God we make our boast all day long, and we will praise your name forever. Selah
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But now you have rejected and humbled us; you no longer go out with our armies.
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10.
You made us retreat before the enemy, and our adversaries have plundered us.
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You gave us up to be devoured like sheep and have scattered us among the nations.
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12.
You sold your people for a pittance, gaining nothing from their sale.
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You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, the scorn and derision of those around us.
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You have made us a byword among the nations; the peoples shake their heads at us.
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My disgrace is before me all day long, and my face is covered with shame
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at the taunts of those who reproach and revile me, because of the enemy, who is bent on revenge.
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All this happened to us, though we had not forgotten you or been false to your covenant.
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Our hearts had not turned back; our feet had not strayed from your path.
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But you crushed us and made us a haunt for jackals and covered us over with deep 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 it, 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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Awake, O Lord! Why do you sleep? Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever.
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Why do you hide your face and forget our misery and oppression?
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We are brought down to the dust; our bodies cling to the ground.
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Rise up and help us; redeem us because of your unfailing love.
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