^{17 Ref} All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.

^{18 Ref} Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;

^{19 Ref} Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.

^{20 Ref} If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;

^{21 Ref} Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.