Psalms:44-45
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We have heard with our ears ,
O God ,
our fathers have told us ,
what work thou didst in their days ,
in the times of old .
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How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand ,
and plantedst them ;
how thou didst afflict the people ,
and cast them out .
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For they got 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 hadst a favour unto them .
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Thou art my King ,
O God :
command deliverances for Jacob .
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Through thee will we push down our enemies :
through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us .
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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 enemies ,
and hast put them to shame that hated us .
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In God we boast all the day long ,
and praise thy name for ever .
Selah .
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But thou hast cast off ,
and put us to shame ;
and goest not forth with our armies .
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Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy :
and they which hate us spoil for themselves .
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Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat ;
and hast scattered us among the heathen .
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Thou sellest thy people for nought ,
and dost not increase thy wealth by their price .
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Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours ,
a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us .
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Thou makest us a byword among the heathen ,
a shaking of the head among the people .
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My confusion is continually 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 avenger .
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All this is come upon us ;
yet have we not forgotten thee ,
neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant .
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Our heart is not turned back ,
neither have our steps declined from thy way ;
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Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons ,
and covered us with the shadow of death .
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If we have forgotten the name of our God ,
or stretched out our hands to a strange god ;
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Shall not God 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 counted as sheep for the slaughter .
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Awake ,
why sleepest thou ,
O Lord ?
arise ,
cast us not off for ever .
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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 belly cleaveth unto the earth .
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Arise for our help ,
and redeem us for thy mercies '
sake .
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My heart is inditing a good matter :
I speak of the things which I have made touching the king :
my tongue is the pen of a ready writer .
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Thou art fairer than the children of men :
grace is poured into thy lips :
therefore God hath blessed thee for ever .
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Gird thy sword upon thy thigh ,
O most mighty ,
with thy glory and thy majesty .
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And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness ;
and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things .
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Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king '
s enemies ;
whereby the people fall under thee .
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Thy throne ,
O God ,
is for ever and ever :
the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre .
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Thou lovest righteousness ,
and hatest wickedness :
therefore God ,
thy God ,
hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows .
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All thy garments smell of myrrh ,
and aloes ,
and cassia ,
out of the ivory palaces ,
whereby they have made thee glad .
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Kings '
daughters were among thy honourable women :
upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir .
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Hearken ,
O daughter ,
and consider ,
and incline thine ear ;
forget also thine own people ,
and thy father '
s house ;
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So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty :
for he is thy Lord ;
and worship thou him .
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And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift ;
even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour .
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The king '
s daughter is all glorious within :
her clothing is of wrought gold .
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She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework :
the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee .
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With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought :
they shall enter into the king '
s palace .
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Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children ,
whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth .
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I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations :
therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever .
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God is our refuge and strength ,
a very present help in trouble .