Psalms 44:24

Psalms 44:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
• New International Version (NIV)Why do you hide your face and forget our misery and oppression?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Why do you hide your face? Why do you forget our affliction and oppression?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Why do You hide Your face, And forget our affliction and our oppression?

Context of Psalms 44:24

22But for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are reckoned as sheep for slaughter. 23Awake, why sleepest thou, Lord? arise, cast [us] not off for ever. Wherefore hidest thou thy face, [and] forgettest our affliction and our oppression? 25For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly cleaveth unto the earth. 26Rise up for our help, and redeem us for thy loving-kindness' sake.

Psalms 44:24 word by word

לָֽמָּה־פָנֶ֥יךָ תַסְתִּ֑יר תִּשְׁכַּ֖ח עָנְיֵ֣נוּ וְֽלַחֲצֵֽנוּ׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Psalms 44:24

• Psalms 10:1Why, Jehovah, standest thou afar off? [Why] hidest thou thyself in times of distress?
• Psalms 13:1How long, Jehovah, wilt thou forget me for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
• Psalms 43:1Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation; deliver me from the deceitful and unrighteous man.
• Deuteronomy 32:20And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be; For they are a perverse generation, Children in whom is no faithfulness.
• Job 13:24Wherefore dost thou hide thy face, and countest me for thine enemy?
• Psalms 74:19Give not up the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast; forget not the troop of thine afflicted for ever.
• Exodus 2:23And it came to pass during those many days, that the king of Egypt died. And the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and cried; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage;
• Isaiah 40:27Why sayest thou, Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from Jehovah, and my right is passed away from my God?
• Revelation 6:9And when it opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of them that had been slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held;

Commentaries on Psalms 44:24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24Wherefore hidest thou thy face - Show us the cause why thou withdrawest from us the testimony of thy approbation.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24Wherefore hidest thou thy face? - See the notes at Psalm 13:1. Why dost thou turn away from us, and refuse to aid us, and leave us to these unpitied sufferings? And forgettest our affliction and our oppression - Our trials, and the wrongs that are committed against us. These are earnest appeals. They are the pleadings of the oppressed and the wronged. The language is such as man would use in addressing his fellow-men; and, when applied to God, it must be…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-26Verses 17-26 In afflictions, we must not seek relief by any sinful compliance; but should continually meditate on the truth, purity, and knowledge of our heart-searching God. Hearts sins and secret sins are known to God, and must be reckoned for. He knows the secret of the heart, therefore judges of the words and actions. While our troubles do not drive us from our duty to God, we should not suffer them to drive us from our comfort in God. Let us take…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23-26In the end, God’s people can turn to the Lord and trust him for rescue. Their petition for God to remedy their situation is as strong as their lament about God’s rejection.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 23-2623-26. This style of addressing God, as indifferent, is frequent (Psa 3:7; 9:19; 13:1, &c.). However low their condition, God is appealed to, on the ground, and for the honor, of His mercy.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 44:24

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Murmuring
• Oppression

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Commentaries on Psalms 44

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings