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Psalm 44:25

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

We are flat on the ground, holding on to the dust.

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Why have you turned your back and count me your enemy?

Why are you far away, LORD? Why do you hide yourself when I am in trouble?

I am at the point of death. Let your teachings breathe new life into me.

Ever since I was a child, I have been sick and close to death. You have terrified me and made me helpless.

Instead I will give it to your brutal enemies, who treated you like dirt and walked all over you.”

All who ate expensive foods lie starving in the streets; those who grew up in luxury now sit on rubbish heaps.