Psalms 44:24
Why Thy face hidest Thou? Thou forgettest our afflictions and our oppression,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
In Context
23Stir up — why dost Thou sleep, O Lord? Awake, cast us not off for ever.
25For bowed to the dust hath our soul, Cleaved to the earth hath our belly.
Cross References
Exodus 2:23And it cometh to pass during these many days, that the king of Egypt dieth, and the sons of Israel sigh because of the service, and cry, and their cry goeth up unto God, because of the service;
Job 13:24Why dost Thou hide Thy face? And reckonest me for an enemy to Thee?
Psalms 10:11He said in his heart, 'God hath forgotten, He hath hid His face, He hath never seen.'
Psalms 35:23Stir up, and wake to my judgment, My God, and my Lord, to my plea.
Psalms 43:1Judge me, O God, And plead my cause against a nation not pious, From a man of deceit and perverseness Thou dost deliver me,
Psalms 74:23Forget not the voice of Thine adversaries, The noise of Thy withstanders is going up 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 →