17(44-18) All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten Thee, neither have we been false to Thy covenant.
18(44-19) Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from Thy path;
19(44-20) Though Thou hast crushed us into a place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
20(44-21) If we had forgotten the name of our God, or spread forth our hands to a strange god;