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| 1 To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. An instruction. O God, with our ears have we heard, our fathers have told us, the work thou wrougthest in their days, in the days of old: |
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| 2 Thou, by thy hand, didst dispossess the nations, but them thou didst plant; thou didst afflict the peoples, but them didst thou cause to spread out. |
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| 3 For not by their own sword did they take possession of the land, neither did their own arm save them; but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst delight in them. |
And thine arm – The power of Jehovah; in highest matters, Jesus. E47
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| 4 Thou thyself art my king, O God: command deliverance for Jacob. |
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| 5 Through thee will we push down our adversaries; through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us. |
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| 6 For I will not put confidence in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. |
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| 7 For thou hast saved us from our adversaries, and hast put them to shame that hate us. |
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| 8 In God will we boast all the day, and we will praise thy name for ever. Selah. |
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| 9 But thou hast cast off, and put us to confusion, and dost not go forth with our armies; |
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| 10 Thou hast made us to turn back from the adversary, and they that hate us spoil for themselves; |
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| 11 Thou hast given us over like sheep appointed for meat, and hast scattered us among the nations; |
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| 12 Thou hast sold thy people for nought, and hast not increased thy wealth by their price; |
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| 13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a mockery and a derision for them that are round about us; |
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| 14 Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples. |
Makest us a byword – Since the Jews' rejection of Messiah, since their house was left desolate, Israel has had no marks of God's favor--their tears, groans, and prayers have gone unanswered. B216
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| 15 All the day my confusion is before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me, |
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| 16 Because of the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and the avenger. |
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| 17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely against thy covenant: |
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| 18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy path; |
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| 19 Though thou hast crushed us in the place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death. |
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| 20 If we had forgotten the name of our God, and stretched out our hands to a strange *god, |
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| 21 Would not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. |
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| 22 But for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are reckoned as sheep for slaughter. |
All the day – The Gospel age. R5173:4
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| 23 Awake, why sleepest thou, Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever. |
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| 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression? |
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| 25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly cleaveth unto the earth. |
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| 26 Rise up for our help, and redeem us for thy loving-kindness' sake. |
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