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11 You make us retreat[a] before the foe;
    those who hate us plunder us at will.(A)
12 You hand us over like sheep to be slaughtered,
    scatter us among the nations.(B)
13 You sell your people for nothing;
    you make no profit from their sale.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 44:11 You make us retreat: the corollary of Ps 44:3. Defeat, like victory, is God’s doing; neither Israel nor its enemies can claim credit (Ps 44:23).

11 You gave us up to be devoured like sheep(A)
    and have scattered us among the nations.(B)
12 You sold your people for a pittance,(C)
    gaining nothing from their sale.

13 You have made us a reproach(D) to our neighbors,(E)
    the scorn(F) and derision(G) of those around us.

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