The plea to God to arise and lift His hand and do not forget the helpless appeals to God to act contrary to the wicked's false conviction. The verb arise suggests rousing God from apparent sleep or inaction, echoing the opening lament. The lifting of hand suggests divine action and readiness to strike enemies. The appeal not to forget addresses the fundamental fear underlying the lament: that God's distance might reflect genuine indifference. This verse directly opposes the wicked's theology with counter-assertion that God attends to victims.

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