Psalms 44:3-21

³For, not by their sword Possessed they the land, And their arm gave not salvation to them, But Thy right hand, and Thine arm, And the light of Thy countenance, Because Thou hadst accepted them.

⁴Thou art He, my king, O God, Command the deliverances of Jacob.

⁵By Thee our adversaries we do push, By Thy name tread down our withstanders,

⁶For, not in my bow do I trust, And my sword doth not save me.

⁷For Thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And those hating us Thou hast put to shame.

⁸In God we have boasted all the day, And Thy name to the age we thank. Selah.

⁹In anger Thou hast cast off and causest us to blush, And goest not forth with our hosts.

¹⁰Thou causest us to turn backward from an adversary, And those hating us, Have spoiled for themselves.

¹¹Thou makest us food like sheep, And among nations Thou hast scattered us.

¹²Thou sellest Thy people — without wealth, And hast not become great by their price.

¹³Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a reproach to our surrounders.

¹⁴Thou makest us a simile among nations, A shaking of the head among peoples.

¹⁵All the day my confusion is before me, And the shame of my face hath covered me.

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.