Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Why turnest thou thy face away? and forgettest our want and our trouble? Wherefore Psalm 10:1,11 Why, O Lord, hast thou retired afar off? why dost thou slight us in our wants, in the time of trouble? . . . Psalm 13:1 Unto the end, a psalm for David. How long, O Lord, wilt thou forget me unto the end? how long dost thou turn away thy face from me? Psalm 43:1-4 A psalm for David. Judge me, O God, and distinguish my cause from the nation that is not holy: deliver me from the unjust and deceitful man. . . . Deuteronomy 32:20 And he said: I will hide my face from them, and will consider what their last end shall be: for it is a perverse generation, and unfaithful children. Job 13:24 Why hidest thou thy face, and thinkest me thy enemy? forgettest Psalm 74:19,23 Deliver not up to beasts the souls that confess to thee: and forget not to the end the souls of thy poor. . . . Exodus 2:23,24 Now after a long time the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel groaning, cried out because of the works: and their cry went up unto God from the works. . . . Isaiah 40:27,28 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel: My way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God? . . . Revelation 6:9,10 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held. . . . Context Redeem Us…23Arise, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, and cast us not off to the end. 24Why turnest thou thy face away? and forgettest our want and our trouble?25For our soul is humbled down to the dust: our belly cleaveth to the earth.… Cross References Job 13:24 Why hidest thou thy face, and thinkest me thy enemy? Psalm 13:1 Unto the end, a psalm for David. How long, O Lord, wilt thou forget me unto the end? how long dost thou turn away thy face from me? Psalm 42:9 I will say to God: Thou art my support. Why hast thou forgotten me? and why go I mourning, whilst my enemy afflicteth me? Psalm 88:14 Lord, why castest thou off my prayer: why turnest thou away thy face from me? Psalm 89:46 How long, O Lord, turnest thou away unto the end? shall thy anger burn like fire? Isaiah 45:15 Verily thou art a hidden God, the God of Israel the saviour. Lamentations 5:20 Why wilt thou forget us for ever? why wilt thou forsake us for a long time? Lexicon Whyלָֽמָּה־ (lām·māh-) Interrogative Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what do You hide תַסְתִּ֑יר (ṯas·tîr) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5641: To hide, conceal Your face פָנֶ֥יךָ (p̄ā·ne·ḵā) Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face and forget תִּשְׁכַּ֖ח (tiš·kaḥ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7911: To mislay, to be oblivious of, from want of memory, attention our misery עָנְיֵ֣נוּ (‘ā·nə·yê·nū) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common plural Strong's Hebrew 6040: Affliction, poverty and oppression? וְֽלַחֲצֵֽנוּ׃ (wə·la·ḥă·ṣê·nū) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common plural Strong's Hebrew 3906: Oppression, distress Additional Translations Why do You hide Your face and forget our misery and oppression?Why hide you your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression? Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And forgettest our affliction and our oppression? Wherefore turnest thou thy face away, and forgettest our poverty and our affliction? Wherefore hidest thou thy face, [and] forgettest our affliction and our oppression? Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression? Why hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression? Why do you hide your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression? Why Thy face hidest Thou? Thou forgettest our afflictions and our oppression, Jump to Previous Affliction Afflictions Covered Cruel Face Fate Forget Forgettest Hide Hidest Misery Oppression Thou Thought Trouble WhereforeJump to Next Affliction Afflictions Covered Cruel Face Fate Forget Forgettest Hide Hidest Misery Oppression Thou Thought Trouble WhereforeExternal Links Psalm 44:24 NIVPsalm 44:24 NLT Psalm 44:24 ESV Psalm 44:24 NASB Psalm 44:24 ASV Psalm 44:24 Bible Apps Psalm 44:24 Biblia Paralela Psalm 44:24 Chinese Bible Psalm 44:24 French Bible Psalm 44:24 German Bible Alphabetical: affliction and do face forget hide misery oppression our Why you your OT Poetry: Psalm 44:24 Why do you hide your face (Psalm Ps Psa.) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |