16. Because of the voice of him who reproaches and reviles,Because of the enemy and the avenger.
17. All this has come upon us;But we have not forgotten You,Nor have we dealt falsely with Your covenant.
18. Our heart has not turned back,Nor have our steps departed from Your way;
19. But You have severely broken us in the place of jackals,And covered us with the shadow of death.
20. If we had forgotten the name of our God,Or stretched out our hands to a foreign god,