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.