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Thou hast made us turn back from the foe; and our enemies have gotten spoil.
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Thou hast made us like sheep for slaughter, and hast scattered us among the nations.
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Thou hast sold thy people for a trifle, demanding no high price for them.
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Thou hast made us the taunt of our neighbors, the derision and scorn of those about us.
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Thou hast made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.
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All day long my disgrace is before me, and shame has covered my face,
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at the words of the taunters and revilers, at the sight of the enemy and the avenger.
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All this has come upon us, though we have not forgotten thee, or been false to thy covenant.
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Our heart has not turned back, nor have our steps departed from thy way,
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that thou shouldst have broken us in the place of jackals, and covered us with deep darkness.
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If we had forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth our hands to a strange god,