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But now you have rejected and humbled us;
you no longer go out with our armies.
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You made us retreat before the enemy,
and our adversaries have plundered us.
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You gave us up to be devoured like sheep
and have scattered us among the nations.
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You sold your people for a pittance,
gaining nothing from their sale.
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You have made us a reproach to our neighbors,
the scorn and derision of those around us.
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You have made us a byword among the nations;
the peoples shake their heads at us.
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My disgrace is before me all day long,
and my face is covered with shame
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at the taunts of those who reproach and revile me,
because of the enemy, who is bent on revenge.
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All this happened to us,
though we had not forgotten you
or been false to your covenant.
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Our hearts had not turned back;
our feet had not strayed from your path.
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But you crushed us and made us a haunt for jackals
and covered us over with deep darkness.
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If we had forgotten the name of our God
or spread out our hands to a foreign god,
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would not God have discovered it,
since he knows the secrets of the heart?
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Yet for your sake we face death all day long;
we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
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Awake, O Lord! Why do you sleep?
Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever.
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Why do you hide your face
and forget our misery and oppression?
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We are brought down to the dust;
our bodies cling to the ground.
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Rise up and help us;
redeem us because of your unfailing love.