Deuteronomy 9:4

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Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the Lord thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the Lord hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the Lord doth drive them out from before thee.When the LORD your God has driven them out before you, do not say in your heart, “Because of my righteousness the LORD has brought me in to possess this land.” Rather, the LORD is driving out these nations before you because of their wickedness.

In other translations

Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the Lord thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the Lord hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the Lord doth drive them out from before thee.When the LORD your God has driven them out before you, do not say in your heart, “Because of my righteousness the LORD has brought me in to possess this land.” Rather, the LORD is driving out these nations before you because of their wickedness.

Hebrew words

אַל־'al-may notH408תֹּאמַרtomaryou sayH559בִּלְבָבְךָbilvavekhain heart yourH3824בַּהֲדֹףbahadofwhen drives outH1920יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068אֱלֹהֶיךָ'eloheikhaGod yourH430אֹתָם׀'otam<obj.> themH853מִלְּפָנֶיךָmilefaneikhafrom to before youH6440לֵאמֹרlemor<to> sayingH559בְּצִדְקָתִיbetzidkatiin righteousness myH6666הֱבִיאַנִיhevi'anihe has brought meH935יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068לָרֶשֶׁתlareshetto take possession ofH3423אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הָאָרֶץha'aretzthe landH776הַזֹּאתhazot<the> thisH2063וּבְרִשְׁעַתuverish'atand in [the] wickedness ofH7564הַגּוֹיִםhagoyimthe nationsH1471הָאֵלֶּהha'eleh<the> theseH428יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068מוֹרִישָׁםmorisham[is] dispossessing themH3423מִפָּנֶיךָ׃mipaneikhafrom before youH6440

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

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