Psalms 10:1
Why do you stand far off, LORD? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
World English Bible
In The King James Version
Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
In Context
2In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.
Cross References
Job 13:24Why do you hide your face, and consider me your enemy?
Job 34:29When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? When he hides his face, who then can see him? He is over a nation or a man alike,
Psalms 22:1My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?
Psalms 30:7You, LORD, when you favored me, made my mountain stand strong; but when you hid your face, I was troubled.
Psalms 44:25For our soul is bowed down to the dust. Our body clings to the earth.
Psalms 88:14LORD, why do you reject my soul? Why do you 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 →