Psalms 44:14-26
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14 Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
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15 My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
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16 For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.
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17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
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18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
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19 Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
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20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
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21 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
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22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
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23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
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24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
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25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
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26 Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake.