OUR HEART IS NOT TURNED BACK NEITHER HAVE OUR STEPS DECLINED FROM THY WAY
PSALM 44:9-19
BUT THOU HAST CAST OFF,
AND PUT US TO SHAME;
AND GOEST NOT FORTH
WITH OUR ARMIES.
THOU MAKEST US TO TURN
BACK FROM THE ENEMY:
AND THEY WHICH HATE
US SPOIL FOR THEMSELVES.
THOU HAST GIVEN US LIKE SHEEP APPOINTED FOR MEAT;
AND
HAST SCATTERED US AMONG
THE HEATHEN.
THOU SELLEST
THY PEOPLE FOR NOUGHT,
AND DOST
NOT INCREASE THY
WEALTH BY THEIR PRICE.
THOU MAKEST US
A REPROACH TO OUR NEIGHBOURS,
A SCORN AND A DERISION
TO THEM THAT ARE ROUND
ABOUT US.
THOU MAKEST US
A BYWORD AMONG THE HEATHEN,
A SHAKING OF THE HEAD
AMONG THE PEOPLE.
MY CONFUSION
IS CONTINUALLY BEFORE ME,
AND
THE SHAME OF MY FACE
HATH COVERED ME,
FOR THE VOICE OF HIM
THAT
REPROACHETH AND BLASPHEMETH;
BY REASON OF
THE ENEMY AND AVENGER.
ALL THIS IS COME UPON US;
YET HAVE WE NOT
FORGOTTEN THEE,
NEITHER HAVE WE DEALT
FALSELY IN THY COVENANT.
OUR HEART IS NOT TURNED BACK,
NEITHER HAVE OUR STEPS
DECLINED FROM THY WAY;
THOUGH
THOU HAST
SORE BROKEN US IN THE
PLACE OF DRAGONS,
AND COVERED
US WITH THE SHADOW OF DEATH.
LOVE
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