O LORD, Your hand is lifted up, but they do not see it. Let them see Your zeal for Your people, and be ashamed; indeed, let the fire of Your enemies consume them, expressing the prophet's prayer that God's mighty hand—raised in judgment—be perceived by the wicked, and that they be brought to shame by the revelation of God's passion for God's people. The lifted hand imagery suggests both the preparatory gesture before striking and the assertion of sovereignty. The request that they see God's hand suggests that seeing and understanding are connected to salvation and judgment: the wicked who do not perceive God's hand remain blind and resistant. The prayer for shame and consumption by fire suggests an urgent plea for God's complete vindication and the destruction of opposition.

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