Psalms 44:17-26

¶All this has come upon us, yet we have not forgotten You, Nor have we been false to Your covenant [which You made with our fathers]. Our heart has not turned back, Nor have our steps wandered from Your path, Yet You have [distressingly] crushed us in the place of jackals And covered us with [the deep darkness of] the shadow of death. ¶If we had forgotten the name of our God Or stretched out our hands to a strange god, Would not God discover this? For He knows the secrets of the heart. But for Your sake we are killed all the day long; We are considered as sheep to be slaughtered. [Rom 8:35-39] Awake! Why do You sleep, O Lord? Awaken, do not reject us forever. Why do You hide Your face And forget our affliction and our oppression? For our life has melted away into the dust; Our body clings to the ground. Rise up! Come be our help, And ransom us for the sake of Your steadfast love.