1O God! we have heard with our ears, Our fathers have told us, What deeds thou didst in their days, In the days of old.

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Psalms 78:3, Psalms 78:6, Psalms 78:3, Psalms 78:6, Exodus 13:14

2With thine own hand didst thou drive out the nations, And plant our fathers; Thou didst destroy the nations, And cause our fathers to flourish.

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Exodus 15:17, Exodus 15:17, Psalms 78:55, Psalms 78:55, Psalms 80:8

3For not by their own swords did they gain possession of the land, Nor did their own arms give them victory; But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance; For thou didst favor them!

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Deuteronomy 7:7, Deuteronomy 7:8, Deuteronomy 7:7, Deuteronomy 7:8, Deuteronomy 8:17

4Thou art my king, O God! O send deliverance to Jacob!

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Psalms 74:12, Psalms 42:8, Psalms 74:12, Psalms 42:8, Psalms 89:18

5Through thee we may cast down our enemies; Through thy name we may trample upon our adversaries!

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Psalms 108:13, Psalms 108:13, Psalms 60:12, Psalms 60:12, Psalms 118:10

6I trust not in my bow, Nor can my sword save me.

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Psalms 20:7, Hosea 1:7, Psalms 20:7, Hosea 1:7, 1 Samuel 17:47

7But it is thou only who savest us from our enemies, And puttest to shame those who hate us!

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Psalms 140:7, Psalms 132:18, Psalms 136:24, Joshua 1:5, Psalms 140:7

8In God will we glory continually; Yea, we will praise thy name for ever! [Pause.]

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Psalms 34:2, Psalms 34:2, Jeremiah 9:24, 1 Corinthians 1:29, 1 Corinthians 1:31

9Yet now thou hast cast us off, and put us to shame; Thou goest not forth with our armies.

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Psalms 60:10, Psalms 74:1, Psalms 60:10, Psalms 74:1, Psalms 60:1

10Thou makest us turn back from the enemy, And they who hate us make our goods their prey.

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Joshua 7:8, Leviticus 26:17, Joshua 7:8, Leviticus 26:17, Joshua 7:12

11Thou makest us like sheep destined for food, And scatterest us among the nations.

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Deuteronomy 4:27, Deuteronomy 4:27, Deuteronomy 28:64, Romans 8:36, Deuteronomy 28:64

12Thou sellest thy people for nought, And increasest not thy wealth by their price.

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Jeremiah 15:13, Jeremiah 15:13, Deuteronomy 32:30, Deuteronomy 32:30, Isaiah 52:3

13Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn and a derision to those who are around us.

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Psalms 80:6, Psalms 79:4, Psalms 80:6, Psalms 79:4, Psalms 89:41

14Thou makest us a byword among the nations, And causest the people to shake their heads at us.

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Jeremiah 24:9, Jeremiah 24:9, Job 16:4, 2 Kings 19:21, Job 16:4

15My ignominy is continually before me, And shame covereth my face,

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Psalms 69:7, Psalms 69:7, Ezra 9:6, 2 Chronicles 32:21, Psalms 71:13

16On account of the voice of the scoffer and the reviler, And on account of the enemy and the avenger.

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Psalms 8:2, Psalms 8:2, Psalms 74:22, Psalms 74:23, Psalms 74:18

17All this hath come upon us; Yet have we not forgotten thee, Nor have we been false to thy covenant.

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Daniel 9:13, Daniel 9:13, Deuteronomy 8:14, Deuteronomy 6:12, Deuteronomy 8:14

18Our hearts, have not wandered from thee, Nor have our feet gone out of thy path;

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Psalms 119:51, Psalms 119:51, Psalms 119:157, Psalms 119:157, Zephaniah 1:6

19Though thou hast crushed us in a land of jackals, And covered us with thick darkness.

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Job 3:5, Psalms 23:4, Job 3:5, Psalms 23:4, Psalms 51:8

20If we had forgotten the name of our God, Or stretched forth our hands to a strange God,

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Psalms 81:9, Psalms 81:9, Job 11:13, Job 11:13, Psalms 68:31

21Surely God would search it out; For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

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Jeremiah 17:10, Jeremiah 17:10, Jeremiah 23:24, Jeremiah 23:24, Ecclesiastes 12:14

22But for thy sake we are killed all the day; We are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

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Romans 8:36, Romans 8:36, Isaiah 53:7, Isaiah 53:7, Psalms 44:11

23Awake! why sleepest thou, O Lord? Arise! cast us not off for ever!

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Psalms 78:65, Psalms 7:6, Psalms 78:65, Psalms 7:6, Psalms 35:23

24Wherefore dost thou hide thy face, And forget our affliction and oppression?

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Job 13:24, Job 13:24, Deuteronomy 32:20, Deuteronomy 32:20, Psalms 10:11

25Our soul is bowed down to the dust; Our body cleaveth to the earth.

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Psalms 119:25, Psalms 119:25, Lamentations 4:5, Isaiah 51:23, Psalms 66:11

26Arise, O thou, our strength! And deliver us, for thy mercy’s sake!

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Psalms 130:7, Psalms 130:8, Psalms 130:7, Psalms 130:8, Psalms 25:22