44:24 Why do you look the other way, 1
and ignore 2 the way we are oppressed and mistreated? 3
44:25 For we lie in the dirt,
with our bellies pressed to the ground. 4
44:26 Rise up and help us!
Rescue us 5 because of your loyal love!
1 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).
2 tn Or “forget.”
3 tn Heb “our oppression and our affliction.”
4 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.
5 tn Or “redeem us.” See Pss 25:22; 26:11; 69:18; 119:134.