61 lines
2.4 KiB
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61 lines
2.4 KiB
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# Chapter 44
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1 O God, we have heard with our ears,
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our fathers have told us,
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what deeds you performed in their days,
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in the days of old:
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2 you with your own hand drove out the nations,
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but them you planted;
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you afflicted the peoples,
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but them you set free;
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3 for not by their own sword did they win the land,
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nor did their own arm save them,
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but your right hand and your arm,
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and the light of your face,
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for you delighted in them.
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4 You are my King, O God;
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ordain salvation for Jacob!
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5 Through you we push down our foes;
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through your name we tread down those who rise up against us.
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6 For not in my bow do I trust,
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nor can my sword save me.
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7 But you have saved us from our foes
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and have put to shame those who hate us.
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8 In God we have boasted continually,
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and we will give thanks to your name forever. Selah
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9 But you have rejected us and disgraced us
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and have not gone out with our armies.
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10 You have made us turn back from the foe,
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and those who hate us have gotten spoil.
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11 You have made us like sheep for slaughter
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and have scattered us among the nations.
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12 You have sold your people for a trifle,
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demanding no high price for them.
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13 You have made us the taunt of our neighbors,
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the derision and scorn of those around us.
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14 You have made us a byword among the nations,
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a laughingstock among the peoples.
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15 All day long my disgrace is before me,
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and shame has covered my face
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16 at the sound of the taunter and reviler,
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at the sight of the enemy and the avenger.
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17 All this has come upon us,
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though we have not forgotten you,
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and we have not been false to your covenant.
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18 Our heart has not turned back,
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nor have our steps departed from your way;
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19 yet you have broken us in the place of jackals
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and covered us with the shadow of death.
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20 If we had forgotten the name of our God
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or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
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21 would not God discover this?
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For he knows the secrets of the heart.
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22 Yet for your sake we are killed all the day long;
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we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.
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23 Awake! Why are you sleeping, O Lord?
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Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever!
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24 Why do you hide your face?
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Why do you forget our affliction and oppression?
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25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust;
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our belly clings to the ground.
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26 Rise up; come to our help!
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Redeem us for the sake of your steadfast love! |