^{17 Ref} All this has come on us, Yet have we not forgotten you, Neither have we been false to your covenant.

^{18 Ref} Our heart has not turned back, Neither have our steps strayed from your path,

^{19 Ref} Though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death.

^{20 Ref} If we have forgotten the name of our God, Or spread forth our hands to a strange god;

^{21 Ref} Won't God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.