13 aYou make us a reproach to our neighbors,
A scorn and a derision to those all around us.
14 aYou make us a byword among the nations,
bA shaking of the head among the peoples.
15 My dishonor
is continually before me,
And the shame of my face has covered me,
16 Because of the voice of him who reproaches and reviles,
aBecause of the enemy and the avenger.
17 aAll 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,
aNor have our steps departed from Your way;
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