Psalms 44:24
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 44 connects to 10 cross-references. A communal lament of the Korahites recalling how God drove out nations before Israel in the past but now has rejected and humbled his people before enemies despite their faithfulness to the covenant. The psalm ends with passionate appeal to …
Other Translations
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
Why Thy face hidest Thou? Thou forgettest our afflictions and our oppression,
Why is your face covered, and why do you give no thought to our trouble and our cruel fate?
Cross References
And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel …
And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they …
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
Why standest thou afar off, O Lord? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression …
Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust …
Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I …