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The Book of Psalms, Chapter 44, Verse 1

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Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, [who is] the health of my countenance, and my God.
King James Version
To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil. 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.
American Standard Version
[For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of the sons of Korah. Maschil]. We have heard with our ears, O God, Our fathers have told us, What work thou didst in their days, In the days of old.
New English Translation
For the music director; by the Korahites, a well-written song. O God, we have clearly heard; our ancestors have told us what you did in their days, in ancient times.
World English Bible
We have heard with our ears, God; our fathers have told us, what work you did in their days, in the days 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.