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Psalms 44:24 — King James Version← Study notes

Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?


Psalms 44:24Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 44:248 words
HebrewMeaning
ע֤וּרָ/הʿwrāh
awake !verbH5782
up) · lift up · master · raise ···
לָ֖/מָּהlāmāh
why?pronH4100
oft · ) · thing · what (end ···
תִישַׁ֥ןtiyšan
do you sleepverbH3462
remain long · sleep
אֲדֹנָ֑/יʾădōnāy
O LordnounH136
הָ֝קִ֗יצָ/הhāqiyṣāh
awake !verbH6974
wake · watch
אַלʾal
may notparticleH408
neither · never · no · nor ···
תִּזְנַ֥חtizənaḥ
you reject usverbH2186
remove far away
לָ/נֶֽצַחlāneṣaḥ
to perpetuitypronH5331
constantly · end · ever · perpetual ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 44:24

1. This Psalm is addressed “to the sons of Korah,” as its title shows. Now Korah is equivalent to the word baldness; and we find in the Gospel that our Lord Jesus Christ was crucified in “the place of a skull.” It is clear then that this Psalm is sung to the “sons of His 'Passion.'” Now we have on this point a most certain and most evident testimony from the Apostle Paul; because that at the time when the Church was suffering under the persecutions of the Gentiles, he quoted…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 44 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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