16Because of the voice of a reproacher and reviler, Because of an enemy and a self-avenger.
17All this met us, and we did not forget Thee, Nor have we dealt falsely in Thy covenant.
18We turn not backward our heart, Nor turn aside doth our step from Thy path.
19But Thou hast smitten us in a place of dragons, And dost cover us over with death-shade.
20If we have forgotten the name of our God, And spread our hands to a strange God,
21Doth not God search out this? For He knoweth the secrets of the heart.
22Surely, for Thy sake we have been slain all the day, Reckoned as sheep of the slaughter.