Verse 24
Psalms 44:24
GOD'S WORD Translation
24
Why do you hide your face,
and forget our affliction and our oppression?
Original Language Text
hebrew
ע֤וּרָ/ה לָ֖/מָּה תִישַׁ֥ן אֲדֹנָ֑/י הָ֝קִ֗יצָ/ה אַל תִּזְנַ֥ח לָ/נֶֽצַח
English Translation
Awake, why do you sleep, O Lord? Arise; do not cast us off forever.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 44 Context
1
We have heard with our ears, God (Elohim);
our fathers have told us,
what work you did in their days...
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2
You drove out the nations with your hand,
but you planted them.
You afflicted the peoples,
but you s...
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3
For they didn’t get the land in possession by their own sword,
neither did their own arm save them;...
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4
You are my King, God (Elohim).
Command victories for Jacob!
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5
Through you, will we push down our adversaries.
Through your name, will we tread them under who rise...
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6
For I will not trust in my bow,
neither shall my sword save me.
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7
But you have saved us from our adversaries,
and have shamed those who hate us.
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8
In God (Elohim) we have made our boast all day long,
we will give thanks to your name forever.
Selah...
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9
But now you rejected us, and brought us to dishonor,
and don’t go out with our armies.
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10
You make us turn back from the adversary.
Those who hate us take plunder for themselves.
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11
You have made us like sheep for food,
and have scattered us among the nations.
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12
You sell your people for nothing,
and have gained nothing from their sale.
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13
You make us a reproach to our neighbors,
a scoffing and a derision to those who are around us.
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14
You make us a byword among the nations,
a shaking of the head among the peoples.
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15
All day long my dishonor is before me,
and shame covers my face,
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16
At the taunt of one who reproaches and verbally abuses,
because of the enemy and the avenger.
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17
All this has come on us,
yet have we not forgotten you,
Neither have we been false to your covenant....
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18
Our heart has not turned back,
neither have our steps strayed from your path,
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19
Though you have crushed us in the haunt of jackals,
and covered us with the shadow of death.
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20
If we have forgotten the name of our God (Elohim),
or spread out our hands to a strange god;
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21
won’t God (Elohim) search this out?
For he knows the secrets of the heart.
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22
Yes, for your sake we are killed all day long.
We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter.
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23
Wake up!
Why do you sleep, Lord?
Arise!
Don’t reject us forever.
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24
Why do you hide your face,
and forget our affliction and our oppression?
25
For our soul is bowed down to the dust.
Our body clings to the earth.
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26
Rise up to help us.
Redeem us for your loving kindness’ sake.
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