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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 peoples of the lands

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

you gave

Yahweh gave

peoples of the lands

"the neighboring peoples" or "the peoples of the lands near them"