Psalms 44:9-22

9But now You have rejected us and brought us to dishonor, And You do not go out with our armies [to lead us to victory].

10You make us turn back from the enemy, And those who hate us have taken spoil for themselves.

11You have made us like sheep to be eaten [as mutton] And have scattered us [in exile] among the nations.

12You sell Your people cheaply, And have not increased Your wealth by their sale.

13You have made us the reproach and taunt of our neighbors, A scoffing and a derision to those around us.

14You make us a byword among the nations, A laughingstock among the people.

15My dishonor is before me all day long, And humiliation has covered my face,

16Because of the voice of the taunter and reviler, Because of the presence of the enemy and the avenger.

17All this has come upon us, yet we have not forgotten You, Nor have we been false to Your covenant [which You made with our fathers].

18Our heart has not turned back, Nor have our steps wandered from Your path,

19Yet You have [distressingly] crushed us in the place of jackals And covered us with [the deep darkness of] the shadow of death.

20If we had forgotten the name of our God Or stretched out our hands to a strange god,

21Would not God discover this? For He knows the secrets of the heart.

22But for Your sake we are killed all the day long; We are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.