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For the choir director: A psalma of the descendants of Korah.

O God, we have heard it with our own ears —
our ancestors have told us
of all you did in their day,
in days long ago:

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Come to Our Help

To the choirmaster. A Maskila of the Sons of Korah.

O God, we have heard with our ears,
our fathers have told us,
what deeds you performed in their days,
in the days of old:

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You drove out the pagan nations by your power
and gave all the land to our ancestors.
You crushed their enemies
and set our ancestors free.

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you with your own hand drove out the nations,
but them you planted;
you afflicted the peoples,
but them you set free;

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They did not conquer the land with their swords;
it was not their own strong arm that gave them victory.
It was your right hand and strong arm
and the blinding light from your face that helped them,
for you loved them.

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for not by their own sword did they win the land,
nor did their own arm save them,
but your right hand and your arm,
and the light of your face,
for you delighted in them.

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You are my King and my God.
You command victories for Israel.b

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You are my King, O God;
ordain salvation for Jacob!

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Only by your power can we push back our enemies;
only in your name can we trample our foes.

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Through you we push down our foes;
through your name we tread down those who rise up against us.

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I do not trust in my bow;
I do not count on my sword to save me.

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For not in my bow do I trust,
nor can my sword save me.

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You are the one who gives us victory over our enemies;
you disgrace those who hate us.

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But you have saved us from our foes
and have put to shame those who hate us.

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O God, we give glory to you all day long
and constantly praise your name.
Interlude

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In God we have boasted continually,
and we will give thanks to your name forever. Selah

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But now you have tossed us aside in dishonor.
You no longer lead our armies to battle.

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But you have rejected us and disgraced us
and have not gone out with our armies.

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You make us retreat from our enemies
and allow those who hate us to plunder our land.

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You have made us turn back from the foe,
and those who hate us have gotten spoil.

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You have butchered us like sheep
and scattered us among the nations.

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You have made us like sheep for slaughter
and have scattered us among the nations.

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You sold your precious people for a pittance,
making nothing on the sale.

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You have sold your people for a trifle,
demanding no high price for them.

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You let our neighbors mock us.
We are an object of scorn and derision to those around us.

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You have made us the taunt of our neighbors,
the derision and scorn of those around us.

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You have made us the butt of their jokes;
they shake their heads at us in scorn.

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You have made us a byword among the nations,
a laughingstockb among the peoples.

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We can’t escape the constant humiliation;
shame is written across our faces.

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All day long my disgrace is before me,
and shame has covered my face

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All we hear are the taunts of our mockers.
All we see are our vengeful enemies.

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at the sound of the taunter and reviler,
at the sight of the enemy and the avenger.

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All this has happened though we have not forgotten you.
We have not violated your covenant.

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All this has come upon us,
though we have not forgotten you,
and we have not been false to your covenant.

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Our hearts have not deserted you.
We have not strayed from your path.

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Our heart has not turned back,
nor have our steps departed from your way;

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Yet you have crushed us in the jackal’s desert home.
You have covered us with darkness and death.

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yet you have broken us in the place of jackals
and covered us with the shadow of death.

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If we had forgotten the name of our God
or spread our hands in prayer to foreign gods,

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If we had forgotten the name of our God
or spread out our hands to a foreign god,

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God would surely have known it,
for he knows the secrets of every heart.

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would not God discover this?
For he knows the secrets of the heart.

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But for your sake we are killed every day;
we are being slaughtered like sheep.

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Yet for your sake we are killed all the day long;
we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.

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Wake up, O Lord! Why do you sleep?
Get up! Do not reject us forever.

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Awake! Why are you sleeping, O Lord?
Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever!

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Why do you look the other way?
Why do you ignore our suffering and oppression?

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Why do you hide your face?
Why do you forget our affliction and oppression?

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We collapse in the dust,
lying face down in the dirt.

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For our soul is bowed down to the dust;
our belly clings to the ground.

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Rise up! Help us!
Ransom us because of your unfailing love.

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Rise up; come to our help!
Redeem us for the sake of your steadfast love!

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