To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. An instruction.
1O God,withour earshavewe heard, our fathershavetold us,thework thou wroughtestintheir days,inthedaysofold: 2Thou,bythy hand, didst dispossessthenations,butthemthou didst plant; thou didst afflictthepeoples,butthemdidst thou causetospreadout. 3Fornotbytheirown sword didtheytakeH3423possessionH3423oftheland, neither didtheirownarmsavethem;butthy righthandיָדְךָ֡ya.de.KhaH3027,andthinearm,andthelightofthy countenance,becausethou hadst delightinthem. 4Thou thyself artmyking, OGod: commanddeliveranceforJacob. 5Through theewillwe pushdownouradversaries; through thy namewillwe treadthemunderthatriseupagainstus. 6ForIwillnot put confidenceinmybow, neithershallmysword saveme. 7Forthou hastsavedH3467usfromouradversaries,andhastputthemtoshamethathateus. 8InGodwillweboastalltheday,andwewillpraisethy nameforever. Selah. 9Butthou hast cast off,andputustoconfusion,anddost not go forthwithourarmies; 10Thou hast made ustoturnbackfromtheadversary,andtheythathate us spoilforthemselves; 11Thou hast givenusoverlikesheep [appointed]formeat,andhast scatteredusamongthenations; 12Thou hast sold thypeoplefornought,andhast not increased [thy wealth]bytheirprice; 13Thou makestusareproachtoourneighbours,amockeryandaderisionforthemthatareround aboutus; 14Thou makestusabywordamongthenations,ashakingoftheheadamongthepeoples. 15Allthedaymyconfusionisbeforeme,andtheshameofmyface hath coveredme, 16Becauseofthevoiceofhimthatreproachethandblasphemeth;byreasonoftheenemyandtheavenger. 17All thisiscome uponus; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falselyagainstthy covenant: 18Ourheartisnotturnedback,neitherhaveoursteps declinedfromthy path; 19Though thou hast crushedusintheplaceofjackals,andcovereduswiththeshadowofdeath. 20IfwehadforgottenthenameofourGod,andstretchedoutourhandstoastrange god, 21WouldnotGodH430searchthisout?forheknoweththesecretsoftheheart. 22Butforthy sakearewekilledalltheday long;wearereckonedassheepforslaughter. 23Awake,whysleepest thou, Lord? arise, cast [us]notoffforever. 24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, [and] forgettestourafflictionandouroppression? 25Foroursoulisboweddowntothedust;ourbelly cleaveth untotheearth. 26Rise upforourhelp,andredeemusforthy loving-kindness' sake. Commentaries on Psalms 44
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