95 lines
2.3 KiB
Markdown
95 lines
2.3 KiB
Markdown
Psalm 44Israel's Complaint
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1. God, we have heard with our ears--
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our ancestors have told us--
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the work you accomplished in their days,
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in days long ago:
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2. In order to plant them,
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you displaced the nations by your hand;
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in order to settle them,
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you brought disaster on the peoples.
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3. For they did not take the land by their sword--
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their arm did not bring them victory--
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but by your right hand, your arm,
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and the light of your face,
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because you were favorable toward them.
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4. You are my King, my God,
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who ordains victories for Jacob.
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5. Through you we drive back our foes;
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through your name we trample our enemies.
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6. For I do not trust in my bow,
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and my sword does not bring me victory.
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7. But you give us victory over our foes
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and let those who hate us be disgraced.
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8. We boast in God all day long;
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we will praise your name forever.Selah
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9. But you have rejected and humiliated us;
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you do not march out with our armies.
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10. You make us retreat from the foe,
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and those who hate us
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have taken plunder for themselves.
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11. You hand us over to be eaten like sheep
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and scatter us among the nations.
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12. You sell your people for nothing;
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you make no profit from selling them.
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13. You make us an object of reproach to our neighbors,
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a source of mockery and ridicule to those around us.
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14. You make us a joke among the nations,
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a laughingstock among the peoples.
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15. My disgrace is before me all day long,
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and shame has covered my face,
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16. because of the taunts of the scorner and reviler,
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because of the enemy and avenger.
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17. All this has happened to us,
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but we have not forgotten you
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or betrayed your covenant.
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18. Our hearts have not turned back;
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our steps have not strayed from your path.
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19. But you have crushed us in a haunt of jackals
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and have covered us with deepest darkness.
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20. If we had forgotten the name of our God
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and spread out our hands to a foreign god,
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21. wouldn't God have found this out,
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since he knows the secrets of the heart?
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22. Because of you we are being put to death all day long;
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we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered.
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23. Wake up, Lord! Why are you sleeping?
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Get up! Don't reject us forever!
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24. Why do you hide
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and forget our affliction and oppression?
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25. For we have sunk down to the dust;
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our bodies cling to the ground.
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26. Rise up!
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Help us!
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Redeem us because of your faithful love.
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