Psalm 44:24-26 New English Translation
24 Why do you look the other way,[a]
and ignore[b] the way we are oppressed and mistreated?[c]
25 For we lie in the dirt,
with our bellies pressed to the ground.[d]
26 Rise up and help us.
Rescue us[e] because of your loyal love.
Footnotes
- Psalm 44:24 tn Heb “Why do you hide your face?” The idiom “hide the face” can mean “ignore” (see Pss 10:11; 13:1; 51:9) or carry the stronger idea of “reject” (see Pss 30:7; 88:14).
- Psalm 44:24 tn Or “forget.”
- Psalm 44:24 tn Heb “our oppression and our affliction.”
- Psalm 44:25 tn Heb “for our being/life sinks down to the dirt, our belly clings to the earth.” The suffixed form of נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, “being, life”) is often equivalent to a pronoun in poetic texts.
- Psalm 44:26 tn Or “redeem us.” See Pss 25:22; 26:11; 69:18; 119:134.
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