Psalms 43

1For the End; a psalm for the sons of Korah; for understanding.

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2O God, we heard with our ears; Our fathers proclaimed it to us, The work You performed in their days, in days of old.

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3Your hand utterly destroyed the nations, and You planted them; You afflicted and cast out peoples.

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4For they did not inherit the land with their sword, And their arm did not save them; But it was Your right hand and Your arm, And the light of Your countenance, Because You took pleasure in them.

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5You Yourself are my King and God, Who commands salvation for Jacob;

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6In You we shall push back our enemies, And in Your name we shall scorn those who rise up against us.

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7For I will not hope in my bow, And my sword will not save me;

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8For You saved us from those who afflict us, And You disgraced those who hate us.

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9We shall praise God all day long, And we shall give thanks to Your name forever. (Pause)

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10But now You rejected and disgraced us, And You will not go out with our armies;

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11You turned us back from our enemies, And those who hate us took spoil for themselves.

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12You gave us as sheep to be eaten, And You scattered us among the nations.

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13You bound Your people without honor, And there was no abundance given to ransom them.

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14You made us a reproach to our neighbors And a scorn and derision to those around us;

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15You made us a by word among the nations And a shaking of the head among the peoples.

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16All day long my disgrace is before me, And the shame of my face covers me,

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17Because of the voice of him who reviles and chatters, Because of the face of the enemy and persecutor.

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18All these things came upon us, but we have not forgotten You, And we did not act unjustly with Your covenant;

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19Our heart did not draw back, Yet you turned our steps from Your way.

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20You humbled us in a place of affliction, And the shadow of death covered us.

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21If we forget the name of our God, And spread out our hands to a foreign god,

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22Would not God search this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart.

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23For Your sake we are put to death all day long, We are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

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24Awake; why do You sleep, O Lord? Arise; and do not reject us to the end.

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25Why do You turn away Your face, And forget our poverty and our affliction?

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26For our soul was humbled to the dust, And our belly was joined to the ground.

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27Arise, O Lord; help us, And redeem us for Your name's sake.

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