Psalms 44:24
(44-25) Wherefore hidest Thou Thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
In Context
23(44-24) Awake, why sleepest Thou, O Lord? Arouse Thyself, cast not off for ever.
25(44-26) For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
Cross References
Exodus 2:23And it came to pass in the course of those many days that the king of Egypt died; and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.
Job 13:24Wherefore hidest Thou Thy face, and holdest me for Thine enemy?
Psalms 10:11He hath said in his heart: 'God hath forgotten; He hideth His face; He will never see.'
Psalms 35:23Rouse Thee, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
Psalms 43:1Be Thou my judge, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation; O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
Psalms 74:23Forget not the voice of Thine adversaries, the tumult of those that rise up against Thee which ascendeth continually.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 44:18-26
Israel's Appeal to God. 17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant. 18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way; 19 Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death. 20 If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god; 21 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. 22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the… Read the whole commentary →