Psalms 44 · Verse 24

Psalms 44:24

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

Psalms 44:24 in other translations

BSBWhy do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?
WEBWhy do you hide your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?
ASVWherefore hidest thou thy face, And forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
YLTWhy Thy face hidest Thou? Thou forgettest our afflictions and our oppression,
DARBYWherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
BBEWhy is your face covered, and why do you give no thought to our trouble and our cruel fate?
WebsterWhy hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

What does Psalms 44:24 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 44:23-26

23-26. 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.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face - Show us the cause why thou withdrawest from us the testimony of thy approbation.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 44:17-26

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…

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Psalms 44:24 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לָֽמָּה\־la.mah-<to> why?H4100
פָנֶ֥יךָfa.Nei.khaface yourH6440
תַסְתִּ֑ירtas.Tirdo you hideH5641
תִּשְׁכַּ֖חtish.Kachdo you forget?H7911
עָנְיֵ֣נוּ'a.ne.Ye.nuaffliction ourH6040
וְֽלַחֲצֵֽנוּ\׃Ve.la.cha.Tze.nuand oppression ourH3906

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 44:24

  • Job 13:24

    Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?

  • Deuteronomy 32:20

    And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.

  • Psalms 42:9

    I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

  • Psalms 13:1

    To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

  • Psalms 74:23

    Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.

  • Psalms 10:1

    Why standest thou afar off, O Lord? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

  • Psalms 10:11

    He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.

  • Psalms 43:1-4

    Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles. Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.

  • Exodus 2:23-24

    And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage. And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

  • 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: And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

  • 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? Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.

  • Psalms 74:19

    O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Wherefore.
10:1,11; 13:1; 43:1-4; De 32:20; Job 13:24
forgettest.
74:19,23; Ex 2:23,24; Isa 40:27,28; Re 6:9,10

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Context

  • Psalms 44:23

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

  • Psalms 44:24

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

  • Psalms 44:25

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

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Psalms 44:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
¿Por qué escondes tu rostro, y te olvidas de nuestra aflicción, y de la opresión nuestra?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Éveille-toi! Pourquoi dors-tu, Seigneur? Réveille-toi; ne nous rejette pas pour toujours.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Warum verbirgst du dein Angesicht, vergissest unser Elend und unsere Bedrückung?