For our fathers did not possess the land [of Canaan] by their own sword,
Nor did their own arm save them,
But Your right hand and Your arm and the light of Your presence,
Because You favored and delighted in them.

So He brought them to His holy land,
To this mountain [Zion] which His right hand had acquired.

You uprooted a vine (Israel) from Egypt;
You drove out the [Canaanite] nations and planted the vine [in Canaan].

O Lord, You have [at last] shown favor to Your land [of Canaan];
You have restored [from Babylon] the captives of Jacob (Israel).

For all our days pass away in Your wrath;
We have finished our years like a whispered sigh.

Saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan
As the measured portion of your inheritance.”

He gave them the lands of the nations [of Canaan],
So that they would possess the fruits of those peoples’ labor,

Then they despised the pleasant land [of Canaan];
They did not believe in His word nor rely on it,

And shed innocent blood,
Even the blood of their sons and of their daughters,
Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;
And the land was polluted with their blood.

God has spoken in His holiness:
“I will rejoice, I will portion out Shechem [as I divide Canaan among My people],
And measure out the Valley of Succoth.

He has declared and made known to His people the power of His works,
In giving them the heritage of the nations.

Sihon, king of the Amorites,
Og, king of Bashan,
And all the kingdoms of Canaan;