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24 For he did not despise or detest the suffering[a] of the oppressed.[b]
He did not ignore him;[c]
when he cried out to him, he responded.[d]

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  1. Psalm 22:24 tn Or “affliction”; or “need.”
  2. Psalm 22:24 sn In this verse the psalmist refers to himself in the third person and characterizes himself as oppressed.
  3. Psalm 22:24 tn Heb “he did not hide his face from him.” For other uses of the idiom “hide the face” meaning “ignore,” see Pss 10:11; 13:1; 51:9. Sometimes the idiom carries the stronger idea of “reject” (see Pss 27:9; 88:14).
  4. Psalm 22:24 tn Heb “heard.”