Psalms 44:17-20

¹⁷All this has happened to us even though we didn't forget you; we haven't been unfaithful to the promises we made to you.

¹⁸We have not turned away from you, not in thought, nor in action.

¹⁹Even so, you crushed us, and made us into a jackal's den. You have covered us with the darkness of death.

²⁰If we had forgotten the name of our God, or worshiped other gods,