Psalm 44:24 “Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?”

Psalm 44:24

Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

World English Bible

Why do you hide your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?

American Standard Version

Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

Geneva Bible 1599

Wherefore hidest thou thy face? and forgettest our miserie and our affliction?

Darby Translation

Wherefore hidest thou thy face, [and] forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

Young's Literal Translation

Why Thy face hidest Thou? Thou forgettest our afflictions and our oppression,

Bible in Basic English

Why is your face covered, and why do you give no thought to our trouble and our cruel fate?

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Cross references

“Wherefore”

Job 13:24 Deuteronomy 32:20 Psalm 10:1 Psalm 10:11 Psalm 13:1 Psalm 43:1–4

Job 13:24 · BSB

Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?

Deuteronomy 32:20 · BSB

He said: “I will hide My face from them; I will see what will be their end. For they are a perverse generation— children of unfaithfulness.

Psalm 10:1 · BSB

Why, O LORD, do You stand far off? Why do You hide in times of trouble?

Psalm 10:11 · BSB

He says to himself, “God has forgotten; He hides His face and never sees.”

Psalm 13:1 · BSB

How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?

Psalm 43:1–4 · BSB

Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men.

“forgettest”

Psalm 74:23 Psalm 74:19 Exodus 2:23 Exodus 2:24 Isaiah 40:27 Isaiah 40:28

Psalm 74:23 · BSB

Do not disregard the clamor of Your adversaries, the uproar of Your enemies that ascends continually.

Psalm 74:19 · BSB

Do not deliver the soul of Your dove to beasts; do not forget the lives of Your afflicted forever.

Exodus 2:23 · BSB

After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.

Exodus 2:24 · BSB

So God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Isaiah 40:27 · BSB

Why do you say, O Jacob, and why do you assert, O Israel, “My way is hidden from the LORD, and my claim is ignored by my God”?

Isaiah 40:28 · BSB

Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out.

Also

Psalm 42:9

Psalm 42:9 · BSB

I say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

23Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.

25For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.

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