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Psalms 44:1
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{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 wroughtest in their days, in the days of old:
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Psalms 44:2
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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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Psalms 44:3
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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.
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Psalms 44:4
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Thou thyself art my king, O God: command deliverance for Jacob.
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Psalms 44:5
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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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Psalms 44:6
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For I will not put confidence in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
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Psalms 44:7
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For thou hast saved us from our adversaries, and hast put them to shame that hate us.
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Psalms 44:8
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In God will we boast all the day, and we will praise thy name for ever. Selah.
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Psalms 44:9
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But thou hast cast off, and put us to confusion, and dost not go forth with our armies;
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Psalms 44:10
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Thou hast made us to turn back from the adversary, and they that hate us spoil for themselves;
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Psalms 44:11
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Thou hast given us over like sheep [appointed] for meat, and hast scattered us among the nations;
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Psalms 44:12
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Thou hast sold thy people for nought, and hast not increased [thy wealth] by their price;
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Psalms 44:13
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Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a mockery and a derision for them that are round about us;
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Psalms 44:14
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Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
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Psalms 44:15
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All the day my confusion is before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
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Psalms 44:16
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Because of the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and the avenger.
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Psalms 44:17
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All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely against thy covenant:
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Psalms 44:18
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Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy path;
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Psalms 44:19
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Though thou hast crushed us in the place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
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Psalms 44:20
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If we had forgotten the name of our God, and stretched out our hands to a strange łgod,
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Psalms 44:21
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Would not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
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Psalms 44:22
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But for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are reckoned as sheep for slaughter.
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Psalms 44:23
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Awake, why sleepest thou, Lord? arise, cast [us] not off for ever.
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Psalms 44:24
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Wherefore hidest thou thy face, [and] forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
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Psalms 44:25
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For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
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Psalms 44:26
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Rise up for our help, and redeem us for thy loving-kindness' sake.
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