Psalm 44:9-26

English Standard Version

⁹ But you have ^(A)rejected us and disgraced us
    and ^(B)have not gone out with our armies.
¹⁰ You have made us ^(C)turn back from the foe,
    and those who hate us have gotten spoil.
¹¹ You have made us like ^(D)sheep for slaughter
    and have ^(E)scattered us among the nations.
^12 (F)You have sold your people for a trifle,
    demanding no high price for them.
¹³ You have made us ^(G)the taunt of our neighbors,
    the derision and ^(H)scorn of those around us.
¹⁴ You have made us ^(I)a byword among the nations,
    ^(J)a laughingstock^[a] among the peoples.
¹⁵ All day long my disgrace is before me,
    and ^(K)shame has covered my face
¹⁶ at the sound of the taunter and reviler,
    at the sight of ^(L)the enemy and the avenger.

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

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