Psalms 44:24
22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
26 Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies’ sake.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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?
- OTB
- Hvorfor skjuler Du Ditt ansikt
Og ignorerer vår lidelse og undertrykkelse? - B1930
- Hvorfor skjuler du ditt åsyn, glemmer vår elendighet og vår trengsel?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 13:24
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
Read in contextDeuteronomy 32:20
And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.
Read in contextPsalms 42:9
I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Read in contextPsalms 13:1
How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Read in contextPsalms 74:23
Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.
Read in contextPsalms 10:1
Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
Read in contextPsalms 10:11
He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
Read in contextPsalms 43:1–4
Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
Read in context