Psalms 44:24 · KJV
“Wherefore hidest thou thy face, {and} forgettest our affliction and our oppression?”
— Psalms 44:24
Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast {us} not off for ever.
For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
Psalms 44 — Context
Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
23Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast {us} not off for ever.
24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, {and} forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
25For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
26Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake. {for our...: Heb. a help for us}
Cross References
Job 13:24
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
Deuteronomy 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.
Psalms 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?
Psalms 74:23
Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually. {increaseth: Heb. ascendeth}
Psalms 10:1
Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? {why} hidest thou {thyself} in times of trouble?
Psalms 13:1
[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? {chief...: or, overseer}
Psalms 10:11
He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see {it}.
Psalms 43:1-4
Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. {ungodly: or, unmerciful} {the deceitful...: Heb. a man of deceit and iniquity}