nkjv Psalms:44-45 SEEK
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We have heard with our ears ,
O God ,
Our fathers have told us ,
The deeds You did in their days ,
In days of old :
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You drove out the nations with Your hand ,
But them You planted ;
You afflicted the peoples ,
and cast them out .
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For they did not gain possession of the land by their own sword ,
Nor did their own arm save them ;
But it was Your right hand ,
Your arm ,
and the light of Your countenance ,
Because You favored them .
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You are my King ,
O God ;
Command victories for Jacob .
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Through You we will push down our enemies ;
Through Your name we will trample those who rise up against us .
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For I will not trust in my bow ,
Nor shall my sword save me .
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But You have saved us from our enemies ,
And have put to shame those who hated us .
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In God we boast all day long ,
And praise Your name forever .
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But You have cast us off and put us to shame ,
And You do not go out with our armies .
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You make us turn back from the enemy ,
And those who hate us have taken spoil for themselves .
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You have given us up like sheep intended for food ,
And have scattered us among the nations .
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You sell Your people for next to nothing ,
And are not enriched by selling them .
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You make us a reproach to our neighbors ,
A scorn and a derision to those all around us .
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You make us a byword among the nations ,
A shaking of the head among the peoples .
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My dishonor is continually before me ,
And the shame of my face has covered me ,
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Because of the voice of him who reproaches and reviles ,
Because of the enemy and the avenger .
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All this has come upon us ;
But we have not forgotten You ,
Nor have we dealt falsely with Your covenant .
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Our heart has not turned back ,
Nor have our steps departed from Your way ;
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But You have severely broken us in the place of jackals ,
And covered us with the shadow of death .
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If we had forgotten the name of our God ,
Or stretched out our hands to a foreign god ,
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Would not God search this out ?
For He knows the secrets of the heart .
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Yet for Your sake we are killed all day long ;
We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter .
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Awake !
Why do You sleep ,
O Lord ?
Arise !
Do not cast us off forever .
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Why do You hide Your face ,
And forget our affliction and our oppression ?
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For our soul is bowed down to the dust ;
Our body clings to the ground .
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Arise for our help ,
And redeem us for Your mercies '
sake .
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My heart is overflowing with a good theme ;
I recite my composition concerning the King ;
My tongue is the pen of a ready writer .
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You are fairer than the sons of men ;
Grace is poured upon Your lips ;
Therefore God has blessed You forever .
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Gird Your sword upon Your thigh ,
O Mighty One ,
With Your glory and Your majesty .
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And in Your majesty ride prosperously because of truth ,
humility ,
and righteousness ;
And Your right hand shall teach You awesome things .
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Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the King '
s enemies ;
The peoples fall under You .
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Your throne ,
O God ,
is forever and ever ;
A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom .
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You love righteousness and hate wickedness ;
Therefore God ,
Your God ,
has anointed You With the oil of gladness more than Your companions .
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All Your garments are scented with myrrh and aloes and cassia ,
Out of the ivory palaces ,
by which they have made You glad .
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Kings '
daughters are among Your honorable women ;
At Your right hand stands the queen in gold from Ophir .
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Listen ,
O daughter ,
Consider and incline your ear ;
Forget your own people also ,
and your father '
s house ;
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So the King will greatly desire your beauty ;
Because He is your Lord ,
worship Him .
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And the daughter of Tyre will come with a gift ;
The rich among the people will seek your favor .
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The royal daughter is all glorious within the palace ;
Her clothing is woven with gold .
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She shall be brought to the King in robes of many colors ;
The virgins ,
her companions who follow her ,
shall be brought to You .
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With gladness and rejoicing they shall be brought ;
They shall enter the King '
s palace .
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Instead of Your fathers shall be Your sons ,
Whom You shall make princes in all the earth .
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I will make Your name to be remembered in all generations ;
Therefore the people shall praise You forever and ever .
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God is our refuge and strength ,
A very present help in trouble .