23-26 Get up, God! Are you going to sleep all day?
    Wake up! Don’t you care what happens to us?
Why do you bury your face in the pillow?
    Why pretend things are just fine with us?
And here we are—flat on our faces in the dirt,
    held down with a boot on our necks.
Get up and come to our rescue.
    If you love us so much, Help us!

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24 Why do you hide your face(A)
    and forget(B) our misery and oppression?(C)

25 We are brought down to the dust;(D)
    our bodies cling to the ground.
26 Rise up(E) and help us;
    rescue(F) us because of your unfailing love.(G)

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