Their enemies who vexed them. — The phraseology in this and the following verse shows that the Book of Judges is carefully remembered in the prayer.
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Nehemiah 9:27
27 Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.