Psalms 44:24
22 Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
23 Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.
Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?
25 For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.
26 Rise up; be our help! Redeem us on account of Your loving devotion.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?
- KJV
- Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
- WEB
- Why do you hide your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?
- ASV
- Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
- DARBY
- Wherefore hidest thou thy face, [and] forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
- BLB
- Why do You hide Your face? You forget our affliction and our oppression.
- ÅB
- Hvorfor skjuler du ditt åsyn, glemmer vår elendighet og vår trengsel?
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Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 13:24
Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?
Read in contextDeuteronomy 32:20
He said: “I will hide My face from them; I will see what will be their end. For they are a perverse generation— children of unfaithfulness.
Read in contextPsalms 42:9
I say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?”
Read in contextPsalms 13:1
How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
Read in contextPsalms 74:23
Do not disregard the clamor of Your adversaries, the uproar of Your enemies that ascends continually.
Read in contextPsalms 10:1
Why, O LORD, do You stand far off? Why do You hide in times of trouble?
Read in contextPsalms 10:11
He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”
Read in contextPsalms 43:1–4
Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men.
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