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Psalms 44:2

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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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  1. Exodus 15:17Rank 1 from verse 2
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    17Thou 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.

  2. Psalms 78:55Rank 2 from verse 2
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    55He 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.

  3. 2 Samuel 7:10Rank 3 from verse 2
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    10Moreover 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,

  4. Joshua 11:23Rank 4 from verse 2
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    23So 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.

  5. Joshua 21:43Rank 5 from verse 2
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    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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Psalms 44:2

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

drive

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1. To force, compel, or cause a person or thing to move or leave a place. 2. To direct or urge an animal or vehicle forward. 3. To carry or propel by an external force, especially wind.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

heathen

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A Gentile or nation outside Israel; one associated with the worship of other gods.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

hand

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Sense 1: The part of the body at the end of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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cast

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1. To throw, send, put, lay, or direct a person or thing into, upon, around, toward, or away from a place, or into a stated condition. 2. To put away, reject, expel, remove, overthrow, or bring down. 3. To put forth or use a lot for choosing, dividing, or assigning. 4. To form an object by pouring molten material into a mould. 5. To shed, drop, or bring forth young, fruit, leaves, or flowers. 6. To raise, form, or prepare a bank, mount, trench, or way. 7. In "cast ... in his teeth," to reproach or charge something against him. 8. As a noun, the distance something may be thrown.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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44:1WE have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.

44:2How 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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44:3For 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.

44:4Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.

44:5Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.

44:6For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

44:7But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.

44:8In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah.

44:9But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.

44:10Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.

44:11Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.

44:12Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.

44:13Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.

44:14Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.

44:15My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,

44:16For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.

44:17All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.

44:18Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;

44:19Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.

44:20If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;

44:21Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.

44:22Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

44:23Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.

44:24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

44:25For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.

44:26Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies’ sake.

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