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1. For the choir director. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. God, we have heard with our ears-- our forefathers have told us-- the work You accomplished in their days, in days long ago:
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1. 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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2. to plant them, You drove out the nations with Your hand; to settle them, You crushed the peoples.
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2. How thou H859 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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3. For they did not take the land by their sword-- their arm did not bring them victory-- but by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, for You were pleased with them.
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3. For H3588 they got not H3808 the land H776 in possession H3423 by their own sword H2719 , neither H3808 did their own arm H2220 save H3467 them: but H3588 thy right hand H3225 , and thine arm H2220 , and the light H216 of thy countenance H6440 , because H3588 thou hadst a favor H7521 unto them.
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4. You are my King, my God, who ordains victories for Jacob.
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4. Thou H859 art my King H4428 , O God H430 : command H6680 deliverances H3444 for Jacob H3290 .
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5. Through You we drive back our foes; through Your name we trample our enemies.
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5. Through thee will we push down H5055 our enemies H6862 : through thy name H8034 will we tread them under H947 that rise up against H6965 us.
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6. For I do not trust in my bow, and my sword does not bring me victory.
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6. For H3588 I will not H3808 trust H982 in my bow H7198 , neither H3808 shall my sword H2719 save H3467 me.
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7. But You give us victory over our foes and let those who hate us be disgraced.
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7. But H3588 thou hast saved H3467 us from our enemies H4480 H6862 , and hast put them to shame H954 that hated H8130 us.
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8. We boast in God all day long; we will praise Your name forever. Selah
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8. In God H430 we boast H1984 all H3605 the day H3117 long , and praise H3034 thy name H8034 forever H5769 . Selah H5542 .
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9. But You have rejected and humiliated us; You do not march out with our armies.
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9. But H637 thou hast cast off H2186 , and put us to shame H3637 ; and goest not forth H3318 H3808 with our armies H6635 .
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10. You make us retreat from the foe, and those who hate us have taken plunder for themselves.
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10. Thou makest us to turn H7725 back H268 from H4480 the enemy H6862 : and they which hate H8130 us spoil H8154 for themselves.
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11. You hand us over to be eaten like sheep and scatter us among the nations.
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11. 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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12. You sell Your people for nothing; You make no profit from selling them.
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12. Thou sellest H4376 thy people H5971 for naught H3808 H1952 , and dost not H3808 increase H7235 thy wealth by their price H4242 .
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13. You make us an object of reproach to our neighbors, a source of mockery and ridicule to those around us.
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13. Thou makest H7760 us a reproach H2781 to our neighbors H7934 , a scorn H3933 and a derision H7047 to them that are round about H5439 us.
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14. You make us a joke among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.
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14. 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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15. My disgrace is before me all day long, and shame has covered my face,
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15. My confusion H3639 is continually H3605 H3117 before H5048 me , and the shame H1322 of my face H6440 hath covered H3680 me,
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16. because of the voice of the scorner and reviler, because of the enemy and avenger.
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16. For the voice H4480 H6963 of him that reproacheth H2778 and blasphemeth H1442 ; by reason H4480 H6440 of the enemy H341 and avenger H5358 .
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17. All this has happened to us, but we have not forgotten You or betrayed Your covenant.
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17. All H3605 this H2063 is come upon H935 us ; yet have we not H3808 forgotten H7911 thee, neither H3808 have we dealt falsely H8266 in thy covenant H1285 .
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18. Our hearts have not turned back; our steps have not strayed from Your path.
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18. Our heart H3820 is not H3808 turned H5472 back H268 , neither have our steps H838 declined H5186 from H4480 thy way H734 ;
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19. But You have crushed us in a haunt of jackals and have covered us with deepest darkness.
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19. Though H3588 thou hast sore broken H1794 us in the place H4725 of dragons H8577 , and covered H3680 H5921 us with the shadow of death H6757 .
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20. If we had forgotten the name of our God and spread out our hands to a foreign god,
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20. If H518 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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21. wouldn't God have found this out, since He knows the secrets of the heart?
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21. Shall not H3808 God H430 search H2713 this H2063 out? for H3588 he H1931 knoweth H3045 the secrets H8587 of the heart H3820 .
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22. Because of You we are slain all day long; we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered.
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22. Yea H3588 , for H5921 thy sake are we killed H2026 all H3605 the day H3117 long ; we are counted H2803 as sheep H6629 for the slaughter H2878 .
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23. Wake up, LORD! Why are You sleeping? Get up! Don't reject us forever!
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23. Awake H5782 , why H4100 sleepest H3462 thou , O Lord H136 ? arise H6974 , cast H2186 us not H408 off forever H5331 .
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24. Why do You hide Yourself and forget our affliction and oppression?
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24. Wherefore H4100 hidest H5641 thou thy face H6440 , and forgettest H7911 our affliction H6040 and our oppression H3906 ?
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25. For we have sunk down to the dust; our bodies cling to the ground.
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25. For H3588 our soul H5315 is bowed down H7743 to the dust H6083 : our belly H990 cleaveth H1692 unto the earth H776 .
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26. Rise up! Help us! Redeem us because of Your faithful love.
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26. Arise H6965 for our help H5833 , and redeem H6299 us for thy mercies' sake H4616 H2617 .
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