Verse 7
Psalms 44:7
Free Bible Version
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You are the one who saves us from our enemies; you defeat those who hate us.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כִּ֤י לֹ֣א בְ/קַשְׁתִּ֣/י אֶבְטָ֑ח וְ֝/חַרְבִּ֗/י לֹ֣א תוֹשִׁיעֵֽ/נִי
English Translation
For I do not trust in my bow, and my sword will not save me.
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Chapter 44 Context
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For the music director. A psalm (maskil) of the sons of Korah. God (Elohim), we have heard with our...
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Through your power you drove out the other nations so you could settle our ancestors there; you defe...
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They did not conquer the land using their swords; it was not through their own strength that the vic...
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God (Elohim), you are my King; command victories for Jacob!
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Only through you can we repel our enemies; only in your name can we defeat our opponents.
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I do not trust my bow; I do not have confidence in my sword to save me.
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You are the one who saves us from our enemies; you defeat those who hate us.
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God (Elohim), we proudly thank you all day long, and praise your name forever. Selah.
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But now you have rejected and disgraced us; you no longer accompany our armies.
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You made us run from our enemies, and those who hate us have taken whatever they wanted.
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You have handed us over like sheep to be slaughtered; you have scattered us among the other nations.
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You have sold your own people for next to nothing, making no profit on the sale.
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You have made a mockery of us before our neighbors, we are ridiculed and laughed at by those around...
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You have made us a joke to the other nations; they scornfully shake their heads at us.
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We are humiliated all day long; we hold our heads in shame,
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because of all the insults from the people mocking us, because our vengeful enemies are right in fro...
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All this has happened to us even though we didn't forget you; we haven't been unfaithful to the prom...
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We have not turned away from you, not in thought, nor in action.
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Even so, you crushed us, and made us into a jackal's den. You have covered us with the darkness of d...
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If we had forgotten the name of our God (Elohim), or worshiped other gods,
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wouldn't God (Elohim) have been aware of this, because he knows everyone's thoughts?
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But because of you we are killed all day long; we're considered just sheep to be slaughtered.
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Lord, wake up! Why are you sleeping? Get up! Don't turn your back on us forever!
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Why do you look away from us and take no notice of our suffering and misery?
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We lie ruined in the dust, our bodies facedown in the dirt.
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Stand up! Come and help us! Save us because of your trustworthy love!
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