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O God, We Have Heard
Psalm 44
Dwight Armstrong

O God, we have heard and our fathers have taught
The works which of old in their day Thou hast wrought;
The nations were crushed and expelled by thy hand;
Cast out that Thy people might dwell in their land.

They gained not the land by the edge of the sword;
Their own arm to them could no safety afford;
But by Thy right hand, O my Savior and King,
Command, and thy word shall deliverance bring!

No trust will I place in my bow to defend,
Nor yet on my sword for my safety depend;
In God who has saved us and put them to shame,
We boast all the day, ever praising His name!