Psalms 10:1
Why do you stand, Lord, so far away, hiding yourself in times of trouble?
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 22:1My God, my God, why have you left me, my rescue so far from the words of my roaring?
Psalms 30:7For by your favor, O Lord, you had set me on mountains strong: but you hide your face, and I was confounded.
Psalms 44:25For we have sunk down to the dust, our bodies cling to the ground.
Psalms 88:14Why, O Lord, do you spurn me, and hide your 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 →