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How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out

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For they got 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 hadst a favour unto them

044:003

Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob

044:004

Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us

044:005

For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me

044:006

But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us

044:007

In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah

044:008

But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies

044:009

Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves

044:010

Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen

044:011

Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price

044:012

Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us

044:013

Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people

044:014

My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me

044:015

For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger

044:016

All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant

044:017

Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way

044:018

Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death

044:019

If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god

044:020

Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart

044:021

Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter

044:022

Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever

044:023

Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression

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For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth

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Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake