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1O God, we have heard with our ears;
Our fathers have recounted
it to us,
The
awork You did in their days,
In the days of old.
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You, by Your hand,
Have
adispossessed nations, but You have
bplanted 1our fathers;
You afflicted peoples, but You spread
1our fathers forth.
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For they did not possess the land by their sword,
Nor did their arm save them;
Rather
it was Your
aright hand and Your arm,
And the light of Your
bcountenance;
For You delighted in them.
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You are my
aKing, O God;
Command salvation for Jacob.
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Through You we thrust back our adversaries;
Through Your name we trample those who rise up against us.
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For I will not trust in my bow,
Nor will my sword save me.
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But You save us from our adversaries,
And You put to shame those who hate us.
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In God we
aboast all day long,
And we praise Your name forever.
Selah
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1Nevertheless You have rejected
us and humiliated us,
And You have not gone forth with our armies.
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You have caused us to turn back from the adversary,
And those who hate us take spoil for themselves.
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You have given us over like
asheep to be eaten
And have
bscattered us among the nations.
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You have
asold Your people for nothing
And have not gone high on their price.
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You have made us a reproach to our neighbors,
A mocking and a derision to those around us.
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You have made us a
aproverb among the nations,
Something to shake the head at among the peoples.
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All day long my humiliation is before me,
And the shame of my face covers me,
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Because of the voice of him who reproaches and reviles,
Because of the presence of the enemy and of him who avenges himself.
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All this has come upon us; but we have
1not forgotten You,
Nor have we been false to Your covenant.
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Our heart has not turned back,
Nor have our steps deviated from Your way;
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But You have crushed us in the place of jackals
And have covered us with the shadow of death.
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If we have forgotten the name of our God
Or spread out our hands to a strange god,
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Will God not search this out?
For He
aknows the hidden things of the heart.
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But afor Your sake we are slain all day long;
We are considered as
bsheep for slaughter.
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Awake! Why are You sleeping, O
1Lord?
Arise! Do not reject
us forever.
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Why do You hide Your face
And forget our affliction and our oppression?
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For our soul bows down to the dust;
Our body clings to the earth.
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Rise up; be our help,
And redeem us for Your lovingkindness’ sake.
