1We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the days ofoldלִבְנֵי־liv.nei-H1121.
2Thou didst driveoutפָּעַ֥לְתָּpa.'Al.taH6466the nations with thy hand, and plantedst them in; thou didst afflict the peoples, and didst spread them abroad.
3For they gat not the land inpossessionH3423by their own sword, neither did their ownarmH3027save them: but thy righthandיָדְךָ֡ya.de.KhaH3027, and thinearmH3027, and the light of thy countenance,becauseH3027thou hadst a favour unto them.
4Thou art my King, OGodH3808: commanddeliveranceהוֹשִׁ֪יעָ֫הho.Shi.'AhH3467for Jacob.
5Through thee will we pushdownצַ֝וֵּ֗הtza.VehH6680our adversaries: through thy name will we tread them under that riseupמַלְכִּ֣יmal.KiH4428againstיַעֲקֹֽב׃ya.'a.KoH3290us.
6For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword savemeקָמֵֽינוּ׃ka.Mei.nuH6965.
7But thou hastsavedH3467usכִּ֤יkiH3588from our adversaries, and hastputאֶבְטָ֑ח'ev.TachH982them to shame that hateusכִּ֣יkiH3588.
8In God haveweH3588made our boastallהֱבִישֽׁוֹתָ׃he.vi.Sho.taH954the day long, andweH3588will give thanks unto thy name for ever. Selah
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