22 Surely for thy sake [a]are we slain continually, and are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

23 Up, why sleepest thou, O Lord? awake, be not far off forever.

24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face? and forgettest our misery and our affliction?

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 44:22 The faithful make this their comfort, that the wicked punish them not for their sins, but for God’s cause, Matt. 5:10; 1 Pet. 4:14.

22 Yet for your sake we face death all day long;
    we are considered as sheep(A) to be slaughtered.(B)

23 Awake,(C) Lord! Why do you sleep?(D)
    Rouse yourself!(E) Do not reject us forever.(F)
24 Why do you hide your face(G)
    and forget(H) our misery and oppression?(I)

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