Psalms 44:17-25

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,

²¹wouldn't God have been aware of this, because he knows everyone's thoughts?

²²But because of you we are killed all day long; we're considered just sheep to be slaughtered.

²³Lord, wake up! Why are you sleeping? Get up! Don't turn your back on us forever!

²⁴Why do you look away from us and take no notice of our suffering and misery?

²⁵We lie ruined in the dust, our bodies face down in the dirt.