Psalms 44:17-26

17 Though all this came on us, we did not forget you; we have not been false to your covenant;
18 Our hearts have not turned back, and our steps did not turn away from your path,
19 though you pressed us into a lair of jackals and covered us with death-dark gloom.
20 If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
21 wouldn't God have discovered this, since he knows the secrets of the heart?
22 For your sake we are put to death all day long, we are considered sheep to be slaughtered.
23 Wake up, Adonai! Why are you asleep? Rouse yourself! Don't thrust us off forever.
24 Why are you turning your face away, forgetting our pain and misery?
25 For we are lying flat in the dust, our bodies cling to the ground.
26 Get up, and come to help us! For the sake of your grace, redeem us!
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.