Psalms 44:24
Wherefore shouldst thou hide, thy face? Shouldst forget our humiliation and our oppression?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
In Context
23Awake thou! wherefore shouldst thou sleep, O Lord? Bestir thee! do not reject us altogether!
25For our soul, sinketh down to the dust, Our body, cleaveth to the earth.
Cross References
Exodus 2:23And it came to pass, during those many days, that the king of Egypt died, and the sons of Israel sighed by reason of the servitude and lamented,—and their cry for help went up to God, by reason of the servitude.
Job 13:24Wherefore, thy face, shouldst thou hide? Or count me, as an enemy to thee?
Psalms 10:11He hath said in his heart, GOD hath forgotten,—He hath veiled his face, Oh he hath never seen!
Psalms 35:23Bestir thyself and wake up, to my vindication, O my God and My Lord!—to my plea:
Psalms 43:1Vindicate me, O God, and plead my cause, Against a nation, without lovingkindness, From the man of deceit and perversity, wilt thou deliver me?
Psalms 74:23Do not forget the voice of thine adversaries, The noise of thine assailants, ascending 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 →