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Psalms 44:2

1 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.

How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.

3 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.

4 Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.
KJV
How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
WEB
You drove out the nations with your hand, but you planted them. You afflicted the peoples, but you spread them abroad.
ASV
Thou didst drive out the nations with thy hand; But them thou didst plant: Thou didst afflict the peoples; But them thou didst spread abroad.
DARBY
Thou, by thy hand, didst dispossess the nations, but them thou didst plant; thou didst afflict the peoples, but them didst thou cause to spread out.
BLB
You, with Your hand, dispossessed the nations, and You planted them; You afflicted the peoples and sent them forth.
ÅB
Du drev hedningene ut med din hånd, men dem plantet du; du ødela folkene, men dem lot du utbrede seg.
OTB
Med Din mektige hånd drev Du ut folkeslagene og grunnla våre forfedre;
Du plaget folkene og satte dem fri.
B1930
Du drev hedningene ut med din hånd, men dem plantet du; du ødela folkene, men dem lot du utbrede sig.

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Cross references

  • Exodus 15:17

    Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established.

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  • Psalms 78:55

    He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.

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  • Joshua 11:23

    So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.

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  • 2 Samuel 7:10

    Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime,

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  • Psalms 135:10–12

    Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings;

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  • Joshua 21:43

    And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.

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  • Exodus 34:11

    Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

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  • Psalms 80:8–11

    Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.

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