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Former Deliverances and Present Troubles.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Maskil. |
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1 We have heard with our ears, O God,
Our fathers have told us,
What work thou didst in their days,
In the days of old.
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2 Thou didst drive out the nations with thy hand;
But them thou didst plant:
Thou didst afflict the peoples;
But them thou didst spread abroad.
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3 For they gat not the land in possession by their own sword,
Neither did their own arm save them;
But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance,
Because thou wast favorable unto them.
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And thine arm – The power of Jehovah; in highest matters, Jesus. E47
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4 Thou 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 trust in my bow,
Neither shall my sword save me.
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7 But thou hast saved us from our adversaries,
And hast put them to shame that hate us.
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8 In God have we made our boast all the day long,
And we will give thanks unto thy name for ever.
{Selah
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9 But now thou hast cast us off, and brought us to dishonor,
And goest not forth with our hosts.
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10 Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary;
And they that hate us take spoil for themselves.
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11 Thou hast made us like sheep appointed for food,
And hast scattered us among the nations.
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12 Thou sellest 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 neighbors,
A scoffing and a derision to 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.
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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 long is my dishonor before me,
And the shame of my face hath covered me,
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16 For 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 in thy covenant.
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18 Our heart is not turned back,
Neither have our steps declined from thy way,
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19 That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals,
And covered us with the shadow of death.
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20 If we have forgotten the name of our God,
Or spread forth our hands to a strange god;
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21 Will not God search this out?
For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
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22 Yes, for thy sake are we killed all the day long;
We are accounted as sheep for slaughter.
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All the day – The Gospel age. R5173:4
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23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Jehovah?
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 body cleaveth unto the earth.
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26 Rise up for our help,
And redeem us for thy lovingkindness' sake. |
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