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Connecting Statement:

In these verses, the Levites continue to praise Yahweh in the presence of the people of Israel.

you gave them into the hand of the neighboring peoples

Here "hand" represents power or control. See how you translated these words in Nehemiah 9:27. Alternate translation: "you allowed the neighboring peoples to defeat them" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)

you gave

Yahweh gave