Mazmur 44:24

44:24 Why do you look the other way, ¹ 

and ignore ²  the way we are oppressed and mistreated? ³ 

Mazmur 82:2

82:2 He says, ⁴  “How long will you make unjust legal decisions

and show favoritism to the wicked? ⁵  (Selah)

Mazmur 119:23

119:23 Though rulers plot and slander me, ⁶ 

your servant meditates on your statutes.

Mazmur 132:10

132:10 For the sake of David, your servant,

do not reject your chosen king! ⁷ 

[44:24]  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).

[44:24]  ² tn Or “forget.”

[44:24]  ³ tn Heb “our oppression and our affliction.”

[82:2]  ⁴ tn The words “he says” are supplied in the translation to indicate that the following speech is God’s judicial decision (see v. 1).

[82:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “and the face of the wicked lift up.”

[119:23]  ⁶ tn Heb “though rulers sit, about me they talk together.” (For another example of the Niphal of דָּבַר (davar) used with a suffixed form of the preposition ב, see Ezek 33:30.)

[132:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “do not turn away the face of your anointed one.”