Psalms 44:24

44:23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.

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

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

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

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

44:25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.

What does Psalms 44:24 mean?

Psalms 44:24 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include סָתַר (çâthar), פָּנִים (pânîym), שָׁכַח (shâkach).

Hebrew interlinear

Wherefore

hidestסָתַרçâthar/saw-thar'/H5641to hide (by covering), literally or figuratively

thou

thy

face,פָּנִיםpânîym/paw-neem'/H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)

and

forgettestשָׁכַחshâkach/shaw-kakh'/H7911to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention

our

afflictionעֳנִיʻŏnîy/on-ee'/H6040depression, i.e. misery

and

our

oppression?לַחַץlachats/lakh'-ats/H3906distress

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Murmuring Oppression

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 44:24.

Deuteronomy 26:7

And when we cried unto the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our oppression:

Isaiah 50:6

I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.

Isaiah 51:13

And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor? were: or, made himself ready

Isaiah 65:16

That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes.

Job 36:15

He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression. poor: or, afflicted

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 44:24 say?

Psalms 44:24 (King James Version) reads: "Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?"

Is Psalms 44:24 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 44:24 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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