Verse 3
Psalms 44:3
American Standard Version Byzantine Text
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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.
Original Language Text
hebrew
אַתָּ֤ה יָדְ/ךָ֡ גּוֹיִ֣ם ה֭וֹרַשְׁתָּ וַ/תִּטָּעֵ֑/ם תָּרַ֥ע לְ֝אֻמִּ֗ים וַֽ/תְּשַׁלְּחֵֽ/ם
English Translation
You have possessed the nations and planted them; you have afflicted the peoples and cast them out.
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Chapter 44 Context
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For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Maskil. We have heard with our ears, O God (El...
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Thou didst drive out the nations with thy hand; But them thou didst plant: Thou didst afflict the pe...
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For they gat not the land in possession by their own sword, Neither did their own arm save them; But...
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Thou art my King, O God (Elohim): Command deliverance for Jacob.
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Through thee will we push down our adversaries: Through thy name will we tread them under that rise...
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For I will not trust in my bow, Neither shall my sword save me.
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But thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And hast put them to shame that hate us.
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In God (Elohim) have we made our boast all the day long, And we will give thanks unto thy name forev...
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But now thou hast cast us off, and brought us to dishonor, And goest not forth with our hosts.
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Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary; And they that hate us take spoil for themselves.
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Thou hast made us like sheep appointed for food, And hast scattered us among the nations.
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Thou sellest thy people for nought, And hast not increased thy wealth by their price.
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Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and a derision to them that are round about u...
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Thou makest us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples.
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All the day long is my dishonor before me, And the shame of my face hath covered me,
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For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth, By reason of the enemy and the avenger.
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All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, Neither have we dealt falsely in thy coven...
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Our heart is not turned back, Neither have our steps declined from thy way,
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That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death.
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If we have forgotten the name of our God (Elohim), Or spread forth our hands to a strange god;
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Will not God (Elohim) search this out? For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
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Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
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Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? Arise, cast us not off forever.
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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 body cleaveth unto the earth.
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Rise up for our help, And redeem us for thy lovingkindness’ sake.
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