Psalms 10:1
Why do thou stand afar off, O LORD? Why do thou hide thyself in times of trouble?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
In Context
Cross References
Job 13:24Why do thou hide thy face, and reckon me for thine enemy?
Job 34:29When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? And when he hides his face, who then can behold him? [It is] the same whether to a nation, or to a man,
Psalms 22:1My God, my God, why have thou forsaken me, far from helping me, [and] the words of my groaning?
Psalms 30:7Thou, LORD, of thy favor had made my mountain to stand strong. Thou hid thy face; I was troubled.
Psalms 44:25For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our body clings to the ground.
Psalms 88:14LORD, why do thou cast off my soul? Why do thou hide thy face from me?
Matthew Henry on Psalms 10:1
The Septuagint translation joins this psalm with the ninth, and makes them but one; but the Hebrew makes it a distinct psalm, and the scope and style are certainly different. In this psalm, I. David complains of the wickedness of the wicked, describes the dreadful pitch of impiety at which they had arrived (to the great dishonour of God and the prejudice of his church and people), and notices the delay of God's appearing against them, ver. 1-11 . II. He prays to God to appear against them for the relief of his… Read the whole commentary →