Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageWho remembered us in our low and helpless state — His faithful love endures forever.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GWho remembered us in our humiliation — for His covenant-love endures forever.
KJV
King James VersionWho remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth for ever:
BSB
Berean Standard BibleHe remembered us in our low estate His loving devotion endures forever.
Footnotes
*Shefaleinu* (שִׁפְלֵנוּ) is from *shafal* — to be brought low, pressed down, subjugated. It describes not merely poverty but the state of the crushed: those whose dignity has been ground into the dust. *Zakar lanu* ('remembered us') is the covenantal memory of YHWH — not the recovery of a forgotten fact but the active turning of divine attention toward His people in distress (cf. Gen. 8:1 with Noah; Exod. 2:24 at the burning bush). FOG's 'humiliation' preserves the social shame dimension; FOG Message's 'low and helpless state' amplifies the visceral vulnerability.