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Psalms 22:24

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22:24 For he did not despise or detest the suffering 1  of the oppressed; 2 

he did not ignore him; 3 

when he cried out to him, he responded. 4 

1 tn Or “affliction”; or “need.”

2 sn In this verse the psalmist refers to himself in the third person and characterizes himself as oppressed.

3 tn Heb “he did not hide his face from him.” For other uses of the idiom “hide the face” meaning “ignore,” see Pss 10:11; 13:1; 51:9. Sometimes the idiom carries the stronger idea of “reject” (see Pss 27:9; 88:14).

4 tn Heb “heard.”



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