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16 All day long I am confronted by my disgrace,
    and my face is covered with shame
17 as I hear the shouts of taunting and abuse
    and see the hateful enemy seeking revenge.
18 All this has happened to us
    even though we have not forgotten you
    or been false to your covenant.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 44:18 Israel’s present state is not the result of infidelity to God’s Covenant (see Ex 19–24).

16 at the taunts(A) of those who reproach and revile(B) me,
    because of the enemy, who is bent on revenge.(C)

17 All this came upon us,
    though we had not forgotten(D) you;
    we had not been false to your covenant.
18 Our hearts had not turned(E) back;
    our feet had not strayed from your path.

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