Psalm 44:13-26

English Standard Version

¹³You have made us ^(A)the taunt of our neighbors,
    the derision and ^(B)scorn of those around us.
¹⁴You have made us ^(C)a byword among the nations,
    ^(D)a laughingstock^[a] among the peoples.
¹⁵All day long my disgrace is before me,
    and ^(E)shame has covered my face
¹⁶at the sound of the taunter and reviler,
    at the sight of ^(F)the enemy and the avenger.

¹⁷^(G)All this has come upon us,
    though we have not forgotten you,
    and we have not been false to your covenant.
¹⁸Our heart has not turned back,
    nor have our ^(H)steps ^(I)departed from your way;
¹⁹yet you have ^(J)broken us in the place of ^(K)jackals
    and covered us with ^(L)the shadow of death.
²⁰If we had forgotten the name of our God
    or ^(M)spread out our hands to ^(N)a foreign god,
²¹^(O)would not God discover this?
    ^(P)For he knows the secrets of the heart.
²²Yet ^(Q)for your sake we are killed all the day long;
    we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.

²³^(R)Awake! Why are you sleeping, O Lord?
    Rouse yourself! ^(S)Do not reject us forever!
²⁴Why ^(T)do you hide your face?
    Why do you forget our affliction and oppression?
²⁵For our ^(U)soul is bowed down to the dust;
    our belly clings to the ground.
²⁶Rise up; ^(V)come to our help!
    ^(W)Redeem us for the sake of your steadfast love!