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which is on the bank of the River Arnon, from Through Your name we will
the middle of that river, even as far as the trample those who rise up
River Jabbok, which is the border of the against us.
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Ammonites, and the eastern Jordan plain 6 For I will not trust in my bow,
from the Sea of Chinneroth as far as the Sea of Nor shall my sword save me.
the Arabah (the Salt Sea), the road to Beth 7 But You have saved us from our
Jeshimoth, and southward below the slopes of enemies,
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Pisgah. The other king was Og king of Bashan And have put to shame those who
and his territory, who was of the remnant of hated us.
the giants, who dwelt at Ashtaroth and at 8 In God we boast all day long,
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Edrei, and reigned over Mount Hermon, over And praise Your name forever.
Salcah, over all Bashan, as far as the border of Selah
the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and 9 But You have cast us off and put us to
over half of Gilead to the border of Sihon king shame,
of Heshbon. And You do not go out with our armies.
6 These Moses the servant of the LORD and 10 You make us turn back from the
the children of Israel had conquered; and enemy,
Moses the servant of the LORD had given it as And those who hate us have taken
a possession to the Reubenites, the Gadites, spoil for themselves.
and half the tribe of Manasseh. 11 You have given us up like sheep
7 And these are the kings of the country intended for food,
which Joshua and the children of Israel con- And have scattered us among the
quered on this side of the Jordan, on the west, nations.
from Baal Gad in the Valley of Lebanon as far 12 You sell Your people for next to
as Mount Halak and the ascent to Seir, which nothing,
Joshua gave to the tribes of Israel as a pos- And are not enriched by selling them.
session according to their divisions, in the
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13 You make us a reproach to our
mountain country, in the lowlands, in the neighbors,
Jordan plain, in the slopes, in the wilderness, A scorn and a derision to those all
and in the South—the Hittites, the Amorites, around us.
the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites,
14 You make us a byword among the
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and the Jebusites: the king of Jericho, one; nations,
the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;
10 the king of Jerusalem, one; the king of A shaking of the head among the
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Hebron, one; the king of Jarmuth, one; the peoples.
15 My dishonor is continually before me,
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king of Lachish, one; the king of Eglon, one; And the shame of my face has covered
the king of Gezer, one; the king of Debir, me,
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one; the king of Geder, one; the king of
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16 Because of the voice of him who
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Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one; the king reproaches and reviles,
of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one; the Because of the enemy and the avenger.
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king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel,
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one; the king of Tappuah, one; the king of 17 All this has come upon us;
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Hepher, one; the king of Aphek, one; the But we have not forgotten You,
king of Lasharon, one; the king of Madon, Nor have we dealt falsely with Your
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one; the king of Hazor, one; the king of Shim- covenant.
ron Meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one; 18 Our heart has not turned back,
21 the king of Taanach, one; the king of Nor have our steps departed from
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Megiddo, one; the king of Kedesh, one; the Your way;
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king of Jokneam in Carmel, one; the king of 19 But You have severely broken us in the
Dor in the heights of Dor, one; the king of the place of jackals,
people of Gilgal, one; the king of Tirzah, And covered us with the shadow of
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one—all the kings, thirty-one. death.
Psalm 44:4–19 Proverbs 14:1–2
You are my King, O God; 14 The wise woman builds her
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Command victories for Jacob. house,
Through You we will push down our But the foolish pulls it down with her
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enemies; hands.
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