Psalms 44:24
Wherefore hidest thou thy face? and forgettest our miserie and our affliction?
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
In Context
23Vp, why sleepest thou, O Lord? awake, be not farre off for euer.
25For our soule is beaten downe vnto the dust: our belly cleaueth vnto the ground.
Cross References
Exodus 2:23Then in processe of time, the King of Egypt dyed, and the children of Israel sighed for the bondage and cryed: and their crie for the bondage came vp vnto God.
Job 13:24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and takest me for thine enemie?
Psalms 10:11He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten, he hideth away his face, and will neuer see.
Psalms 35:23Arise and wake to my iudgement, euen to my cause, my God, and my Lord.
Psalms 43:1Judge me, O God, and defend my cause against the vnmercifull people: deliuer mee from the deceitfull and wicked man.
Psalms 74:23Forget not the voyce of thine enemies: for the tumult of them, that rise against thee, 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 →