Psalms 44:24
Why do you hide your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?
World English Bible
In The King James Version
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
In Context
23Wake up! Why do you sleep, Lord? Arise! Don’t reject us forever.
25For our soul is bowed down to the dust. Our body clings to the earth.
Cross References
Exodus 2:23In the course of those many days, the king of Egypt died, and the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.
Job 13:24Why do you hide your face, and consider me your enemy?
Psalms 10:11He says in his heart, “God has forgotten. He hides his face. He will never see it.”
Psalms 35:23Wake up! Rise up to defend me, my God! My Lord, contend for me!
Psalms 43:1Vindicate me, God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation. Oh, deliver me from deceitful and wicked men.
Psalms 74:23Don’t forget the voice of your adversaries. The tumult of those who rise up against you ascends 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 →