Psalm 44:9–22

⁹Yet You ^ahave rejected us and brought us to ^bdishonor,

And ^cdo not go out with our armies.

¹⁰You cause us to ^aturn back from the adversary;

And those who hate us ^bhave plundered us for themselves.

¹¹You give us as ^asheep ¹to be eaten

And have ^bscattered us among the nations.

¹²You ^asell Your people ¹for no amount,

And You have not ²profited from their price.

¹³You make us a ^areproach to our neighbors,

A mockery and a ^bderision to those around us.

¹⁴You make us ^aa byword among the nations,

A ^1blaughingstock among the peoples.

¹⁵All day long my dishonor is before me

And ¹the ^ashame of my face has covered me,

¹⁶Because of the voice of him who ^areproaches and reviles,

Because of the presence of the ^benemy and the avenger.

¹⁷All this has come upon us, but we have ^anot forgotten You,

And we have not ^bdealt falsely with Your covenant.

¹⁸Our heart has not ^aturned back,

Nor have our steps ^bdeviated from Your path,

¹⁹Yet You have ^acrushed us in a place of ^bjackals

And covered us with ^cthe shadow of death.

²⁰If we had ^aforgotten the name of our God

Or spread our ¹hands to ^ba strange god,

²¹Would not God ^afind this out?

For He knows the secrets of the heart.

²²But ^afor Your sake we are killed all day long;

We are counted as ^bsheep for the slaughter.