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You have made us
1turn back from the foe, and those who hate us have gotten spoil.
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You have made us like
2sheep for slaughter and have
3scattered us among the nations.
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4You have sold your people for a trifle, demanding no high price for them.
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You have made us
5the taunt of our neighbors, the derision and
6scorn of those around us.
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You have made us
7a byword among the nations,
8a laughingstock among the peoples.
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All day long my disgrace is before me, and
9shame has covered my face
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at the sound of the taunter and reviler, at the sight of
10the enemy and the avenger.
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11All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten you, and we have not been false to your covenant.
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Our heart has not turned back, nor have our
12steps
13departed from your way;
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yet you have
14broken us in the place of
15jackals and covered us with
16the shadow of death.
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If we had forgotten the name of our God or
17spread out our hands to
18a foreign god,