Psalms 10:1
Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Why, O LORD, do You stand far off? Why do You hide in times of trouble?
- KJV
- Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
- WEB
- Why do you stand far off, LORD? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
- ASV
- Why standest thou afar off, O Jehovah? Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
- DARBY
- Why, Jehovah, standest thou afar off? [Why] hidest thou thyself in times of distress?
- BLB
- Why, O YHWH, do You stand far off? Do You hide in times of distress?
- ÅB
- Hvorfor, Herre, står du langt borte?
Hvorfor skjuler du ansiktet ditt i vanskelige tider? - OTB
- Hvorfor synes Du å være fjern, Herre?
Hvorfor skjuler Du Deg i tider med nød? - B1930
- Hvorfor, Herre, står du langt borte? Hvorfor skjuler du ditt åsyn i trengsels tider?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 22:1
My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
Read in contextPsalms 27:9
Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
Read in contextPsalms 13:1–3
How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Read in contextJeremiah 14:8
O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?
Read in contextPsalms 44:24
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
Read in contextJob 13:24
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
Read in contextPsalms 46:1
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Read in contextPsalms 30:7
LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
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