9. But now you have rejected and humbled us;you no longer go out with our armies.
10. You made us retreat before the enemy,and our adversaries have plundered us.
11. You gave us up to be devoured like sheepand have scattered us among the nations.
12. You sold your people for a pittance,gaining nothing from their sale.
13. You have made us a reproach to our neighbours,the scorn and derision of those around us.
14. You have made us a byword among the nations;the peoples shake their heads at us.
15. I live in disgrace all day long,and my face is covered with shame
16. at the taunts of those who reproach and revile me,because of the enemy, who is bent on revenge.
17. All this came upon us,though we had not forgotten you;we had not been false to your covenant.
18. Our hearts had not turned back;our feet had not strayed from your path.
19. But you crushed us and made us a haunt for jackals;you covered us over with deep darkness.
20. If we had forgotten the name of our Godor spread out our hands to a foreign god,
21. would not God have discovered it,since he knows the secrets of the heart?
22. Yet for your sake we face death all day long;we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
23. Awake, Lord! Why do you sleep?Rouse yourself ! Do not reject us for ever.