16On account of the voice of the scoffer and the reviler, And on account of the enemy and the avenger.
17All this hath come upon us; Yet have we not forgotten thee, Nor have we been false to thy covenant.
18Our hearts, have not wandered from thee, Nor have our feet gone out of thy path;
19Though thou hast crushed us in a land of jackals, And covered us with thick darkness.
20If we had forgotten the name of our God, Or stretched forth our hands to a strange God,