18. Our heart has not turned back, And our steps have not deviated from Your way,
19. Yet You have crushed us in a place of jackals And covered us with the shadow of death.
20. If we had forgotten the name of our God Or extended our hands to a strange god,
21. Would not God find this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart.
22. But for Your sake we are killed all day long; We are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
23. Arouse Yourself, why do You sleep, O Lord? Awake, do not reject us forever.
24. Why do You hide Your face And forget our affliction and our oppression?
25. For our soul has sunk down into the dust; Our body cleaves to the earth.
26. Rise up, be our help, And redeem us for the sake of Your lovingkindness.