Psalms 10:1

Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

King James Version

In Context

2The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

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Cross References

Job 13:24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?

Job 34:29When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:

Psalms 22:1My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?

Psalms 30:7LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.

Psalms 44:25For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.

Psalms 88:14LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy 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 →

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