27 had I not feared provocation by the enemy,
lest their adversaries should misunderstand,
lest they should say, n“Our hand is triumphant,
it was not the Lord who did all this.”’
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Related Verses
Psalm 140:8
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked;
do not further their evil plot, or they will be exalted! Selah
Isaiah 10:13
For he says:
“By the strength of my hand I have done it,
and by my wisdom, for I have understanding;
I remove the boundaries of peoples,
and plunder their treasures;
like a bull I bring down those who sit on thrones.
Numbers 14:16
‘It is because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land that he swore to give to them that he has killed them in the wilderness.’
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