13. Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a reproach to our surrounders.
14. Thou makest us a simile among nations, A shaking of the head among peoples.
15. All the day my confusion [is] before me, And the shame of my face hath covered me.
16. Because of the voice of a reproacher and reviler, Because of an enemy and a selfavenger.
17. All this met us, and we did not forget Thee, Nor have we dealt falsely in Thy covenant.
18. We turn not backward our heart, Nor turn aside doth our step from Thy path.
19. But Thou hast smitten us in a place of dragons, And dost cover us over with deathshade.
20. If we have forgotten the name of our God, And spread our hands to a strange God,
21. Doth not God search out this? For He knoweth the secrets of the heart.
22. Surely, for Thy sake we have been slain all the day, Reckoned as sheep of the slaughter.
23. Stir up--why dost Thou sleep, O Lord? Awake, cast us not off for ever.