18 Then I (A)lay prostrate before the Lord (B)as before, forty days and forty nights. I neither ate bread nor drank water, because of all the sin that you had committed, (C)in doing what was evil in the sight of the Lord to provoke him to anger.

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18 Then once again I fell(A) prostrate before the Lord for forty days and forty nights; I ate no bread and drank no water,(B) because of all the sin you had committed,(C) doing what was evil in the Lord’s sight and so arousing his anger.

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26 (A)And I prayed to the Lord, ‘O Lord God, do not destroy your people and your heritage, whom you have redeemed through your greatness, whom you have brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand. 27 Remember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Do not regard the stubbornness of this people, or their wickedness or their sin, 28 lest the land from which you brought us say, (B)“Because the Lord was not able to bring them into the land that he promised them, and because he hated them, he has brought them out to put them to death in the wilderness.” 29 (C)For they are your people and your heritage, whom you brought out by your great power and by your outstretched arm.’

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26 I prayed to the Lord and said, “Sovereign Lord, do not destroy your people,(A) your own inheritance(B) that you redeemed(C) by your great power and brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.(D) 27 Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Overlook the stubbornness(E) of this people, their wickedness and their sin. 28 Otherwise, the country(F) from which you brought us will say, ‘Because the Lord was not able to take them into the land he had promised them, and because he hated them,(G) he brought them out to put them to death in the wilderness.’(H) 29 But they are your people,(I) your inheritance(J) that you brought out by your great power and your outstretched arm.(K)

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23 Therefore (A)he said he would destroy them—
    had not Moses, his (B)chosen one,
(C)stood in the breach before him,
    to turn away his wrath from destroying them.

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23 So he said he would destroy(A) them—
    had not Moses, his chosen one,
stood in the breach(B) before him
    to keep his wrath from destroying them.

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Arise, O God, Defend Your Cause

A Maskil[a] of (A)Asaph.

74 O God, why do you (B)cast us off forever?
    Why does your anger (C)smoke against (D)the sheep of your pasture?
(E)Remember your congregation, which you have (F)purchased of old,
    which you have (G)redeemed to be (H)the tribe of your heritage!
    Remember Mount Zion, (I)where you have dwelt.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 74:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term

Psalm 74

A maskil[a] of Asaph.

O God, why have you rejected(A) us forever?(B)
    Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?(C)
Remember the nation you purchased(D) long ago,(E)
    the people of your inheritance,(F) whom you redeemed(G)
    Mount Zion,(H) where you dwelt.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 74:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term