¹⁷ All this came upon us,
    though we had not forgotten^(A) you;
    we had not been false to your covenant.
¹⁸ Our hearts had not turned^(B) back;
    our feet had not strayed from your path.
¹⁹ But you crushed^(C) us and made us a haunt for jackals;^(D)
    you covered us over with deep darkness.^(E)

²⁰ If we had forgotten^(F) the name of our God
    or spread out our hands to a foreign god,^(G)
21 would not God have discovered it,
    since he knows the secrets of the heart?^(H)
22 Yet for your sake we face death all day long;
    we are considered as sheep^(I) to be slaughtered.^(J)

²³ Awake,^(K) Lord! Why do you sleep?^(L)
    Rouse yourself!^(M) Do not reject us forever.^(N)
24 Why do you hide your face^(O)
    and forget^(P) our misery and oppression?^(Q)

²⁵ We are brought down to the dust;^(R)
    our bodies cling to the ground.
²⁶ Rise up^(S) and help us;
    rescue^(T) us because of your unfailing love.^(U)