Psalms 10:12

10:12 Rise up, Lord! ¹ 

O God, strike him down! ² 

Do not forget the oppressed!

Psalms 44:24

44:24 Why do you look the other way, ³ 

and ignore ⁴  the way we are oppressed and mistreated? ⁵ 

Psalms 74:23

74:23 Do not disregard ⁶  what your enemies say, ⁷ 

or the unceasing shouts of those who defy you. ⁸ 

¹ sn Rise up, O Lord! The psalmist’s mood changes from lament to petition and confidence.

² tn Heb “lift up your hand.” Usually the expression “lifting the hand” refers to praying (Pss 28:2; 134:2) or making an oath (Ps 106:26), but here it probably refers to “striking a blow” (see 2 Sam 18:28; 20:21). Note v. 15, where the psalmist asks the Lord to “break the arm of the wicked.” A less likely option is that the psalmist is requesting that the Lord declare by oath his intention to intervene.

³ 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).

⁴ tn Or “forget.”

⁵ tn Heb “our oppression and our affliction.”

⁵ tn Or “forget.”

⁶ tn Heb “the voice of your enemies.”

⁷ tn Heb “the roar of those who rise up against you, which ascends continually.”