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24 Awake, O Lord. Why[a] do you sleep?
    Rise up, and do not abandon us forever.
25 Why do you hide your face[b]
    and continue to ignore our misery and our sufferings?
26 We have been brought down to the dust;
    our bodies cling to the ground.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 44:24 Why . . . ?: see note on Ps 6:4.
  2. Psalm 44:25 Hide your face: see note on Ps 13:2.
  3. Psalm 44:26 Our bodies cling to the ground: posture of those who are defeated, those at prayer, or those in affliction (see Pss 7:6; 119:25; Num 24:4; Deut 9:18).

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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