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 Every day we gloried in God, * and we will praise your Name for ever.

Nevertheless, you have rejected and humbled us * and do not go forth with our armies.

You have made us fall back before our adversary, * and our enemies have plundered us.

You have made us like sheep to be eaten * and have scattered us among the nations.

You are selling your people for a trifle * and are making no profit on the sale of them.

You have made us the scorn of our neighbors, * a mockery and derision to those around us.

You have made us a byword among the nations, * a laughing&#8209;stock among the peoples.

My humiliation is daily before me, * and shame has covered my face;

Because of the taunts of the mockers and blasphemers, * because of the enemy and avenger.

All this has come upon us; * yet we have not forgotten you, nor have we betrayed your covenant.

Our heart never turned back, * nor did our footsteps stray from your path;

Though you thrust us down into a place of misery, * and covered us over with deep darkness.

If we have forgotten the Name of our God, * or stretched out our hands to some strange god,

Will not God find it out? * for he knows the secrets of the heart.