The Present State of Defeat and Rejection

Psalms 44:9-16

But now thou hast cast us off, and brought us to dishonor, And goest not forth with our hosts.

Thou makest us to turn back from the adversary; And they that hate us take spoil for themselves.

Thou hast made us like sheep appointed for food, And hast scattered us among the nations.

Thou sellest thy people for nought, And hast not increased thy wealth by their price.

Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and a derision to them that are round about us.

Thou makest us a byword among the nations, A shaking of the head among the peoples.

All the day long is my dishonor before me, And the shame of my face hath covered me,

For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth, By reason of the enemy and the avenger.