Psalms 42:9

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

I will pray to God, my high ridge:“Why do you ignore me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?”

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  • Ps 38:6 : 6 I am dazed and completely humiliated; all day long I walk around mourning.
  • Ps 43:2 : 2 For you are the God who shelters me. Why do you reject me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?
  • Ps 18:2 : 2 The LORD is my high ridge, my stronghold, my deliverer. My God is my rocky summit where I take shelter, my shield, the horn that saves me, and my refuge.
  • Job 30:26-31 : 26 But when I hoped for good, trouble came; when I expected light, then darkness came. 27 My heart is in turmoil unceasingly; the days of my affliction confront me. 28 I go about blackened, but not by the sun; in the assembly I stand up and cry for help. 29 I have become a brother to jackals and a companion of ostriches. 30 My skin has turned dark on me; my body is hot with fever. 31 My harp is used for mourning and my flute for the sound of weeping.
  • Lam 5:1-9 : 1 The People of Jerusalem Pray: O LORD, reflect on what has happened to us; consider and look at our disgrace. 2 Our inheritance is turned over to strangers; foreigners now occupy our homes. 3 We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers have become widows. 4 We must pay money for our own water; we must buy our own wood at a steep price. 5 We are pursued– they are breathing down our necks; we are weary and have no rest. 6 We have submitted to Egypt and Assyria in order to buy food to eat. 7 Our forefathers sinned and are dead, but we suffer their punishment. 8 Slaves rule over us; there is no one to rescue us from their power. 9 At the risk of our lives we get our food because robbers lurk in the wilderness. 10 Our skin is hot as an oven due to a fever from hunger. 11 They raped women in Zion, virgins in the towns of Judah. 12 Princes were hung by their hands; elders were mistreated. 13 The young men perform menial labor; boys stagger from their labor. 14 The elders are gone from the city gate; the young men have stopped playing their music. 15 Our hearts no longer have any joy; our dancing is turned to mourning. 16 The crown has fallen from our head; woe to us, for we have sinned!
  • Ps 55:3 : 3 because of what the enemy says, and because of how the wicked pressure me, for they hurl trouble down upon me and angrily attack me.
  • Ps 62:2 : 2 He alone is my protector and deliverer. He is my refuge; I will not be upended.
  • Ps 62:6-7 : 6 He alone is my protector and deliverer. He is my refuge; I will not be shaken. 7 God delivers me and exalts me; God is my strong protector and my shelter.
  • Ps 77:9 : 9 Has God forgotten to be merciful? Has his anger stifled his compassion?”(Selah)
  • Ps 78:35 : 35 They remembered that God was their protector, and that God Most High was their deliverer.
  • Ps 88:9 : 9 My eyes grow weak because of oppression. I call out to you, O LORD, all day long; I spread out my hands in prayer to you.
  • Eccl 4:1 : 1 Evil Oppression on Earth So I again considered all the oppression that continually occurs on earth. This is what I saw: The oppressed were in tears, but no one was comforting them; no one delivers them from the power of their oppressors.
  • Isa 40:27 : 27 Why do you say, Jacob, Why do you say, Israel,“The LORD is not aware of what is happening to me, My God is not concerned with my vindication”?
  • Isa 49:15 : 15 Can a woman forget her baby who nurses at her breast? Can she withhold compassion from the child she has borne? Even if mothers were to forget, I could never forget you!
  • Ps 44:23-24 : 23 Rouse yourself! Why do you sleep, O Lord? Wake up! Do not reject us forever! 24 Why do you look the other way, and ignore the way we are oppressed and mistreated?
  • Ps 13:1 : 1 For the music director; a psalm of David. How long, LORD, will you continue to ignore me? How long will you pay no attention to me?
  • Ps 22:1-2 : 1 For the music director; according to the tune“Morning Doe;” a psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? I groan in prayer, but help seems far away. 2 My God, I cry out during the day, but you do not answer, and during the night my prayers do not let up.
  • Ps 28:1 : 1 By David. To you, O LORD, I cry out! My protector, do not ignore me! If you do not respond to me, I will join those who are descending into the grave.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 43:1-2
    2 verses
    88%

    1Vindicate me, O God! Fight for me against an ungodly nation! Deliver me from deceitful and evil men!

    2For you are the God who shelters me. Why do you reject me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?

  • Ps 42:10-11
    2 verses
    85%

    10My enemies’ taunts cut into me to the bone, as they say to me all day long,“Where is your God?”

    11Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.

  • Ps 42:2-8
    7 verses
    81%

    2I thirst for God, for the living God. I say,“When will I be able to go and appear in God’s presence?”

    3I cannot eat, I weep day and night; all day long they say to me,“Where is your God?”

    4I will remember and weep! For I was once walking along with the great throng to the temple of God, shouting and giving thanks along with the crowd as we celebrated the holy festival.

    5Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.

    6I am depressed, so I will pray to you while in the region of the upper Jordan, from Hermon, from Mount Mizar.

    7One deep stream calls out to another at the sound of your waterfalls; all your billows and waves overwhelm me.

    8By day the LORD decrees his loyal love, and by night he gives me a song, a prayer to the God of my life.

  • Ps 13:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1For the music director; a psalm of David. How long, LORD, will you continue to ignore me? How long will you pay no attention to me?

    2How long must I worry, and suffer in broad daylight? How long will my enemy gloat over me?

  • Ps 88:14
    78%

    14O LORD, why do you reject me, and pay no attention to me?

  • Ps 22:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    1For the music director; according to the tune“Morning Doe;” a psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? I groan in prayer, but help seems far away.

    2My God, I cry out during the day, but you do not answer, and during the night my prayers do not let up.

  • Job 13:24
    77%

    24Why do you hide your face and regard me as your enemy?

  • Ps 44:24
    77%

    24Why do you look the other way, and ignore the way we are oppressed and mistreated?

  • Ps 43:4-5
    2 verses
    77%

    4Then I will go to the altar of God, to the God who gives me ecstatic joy, so that I express my thanks to you, O God, my God, with a harp.

    5Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.

  • Ps 77:9
    76%

    9Has God forgotten to be merciful? Has his anger stifled his compassion?”(Selah)

  • Ps 28:1
    76%

    1By David. To you, O LORD, I cry out! My protector, do not ignore me! If you do not respond to me, I will join those who are descending into the grave.

  • Ps 143:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    3Certainly my enemies chase me. They smash me into the ground. They force me to live in dark regions, like those who have been dead for ages.

    4My strength leaves me; I am absolutely shocked.

  • Lam 3:17
    75%

    17I am deprived of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is.

  • Ps 69:3
    75%

    3I am exhausted from shouting for help; my throat is sore; my eyes grow tired of looking for my God.

  • Ps 108:11
    75%

    11Have you not rejected us, O God? O God, you do not go into battle with our armies.

  • Ps 27:9
    74%

    9Do not reject me! Do not push your servant away in anger! You are my deliverer! Do not forsake or abandon me, O God who vindicates me!

  • Ps 13:4
    74%

    4Then my enemy will say,“I have defeated him!” Then my foes will rejoice because I am shaken.

  • Ps 89:49
    74%

    49Where are your earlier faithful deeds, O Lord, the ones performed in accordance with your reliable oath to David?

  • Ps 55:3
    74%

    3because of what the enemy says, and because of how the wicked pressure me, for they hurl trouble down upon me and angrily attack me.

  • Ps 10:1
    74%

    1Why, LORD, do you stand far off? Why do you pay no attention during times of trouble?

  • Ps 38:21
    74%

    21Do not abandon me, O LORD! My God, do not remain far away from me!

  • Ps 77:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2In my time of trouble I sought the Lord. I kept my hand raised in prayer throughout the night. I refused to be comforted.

    3I said,“I will remember God while I groan; I will think about him while my strength leaves me.”(Selah)

  • Ps 31:14
    74%

    14But I trust in you, O LORD! I declare,“You are my God!”

  • Ps 74:1
    73%

    1A well-written song by Asaph. Why, O God, have you permanently rejected us? Why does your anger burn against the sheep of your pasture?

  • Ps 9:13
    73%

    13when they prayed:“Have mercy on me, LORD! See how I am oppressed by those who hate me, O one who can snatch me away from the gates of death!

  • Ps 61:2
    73%

    2From the most remote place on earth I call out to you in my despair. Lead me up to a rocky summit where I can be safe!

  • 2 Sam 22:2
    73%

    2He said:“The LORD is my high ridge, my stronghold, my deliverer.

  • Lam 1:21
    73%

    21ש(Sin/Shin) They have heard that I groan, yet there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have brought it about. Bring about the day of judgment that you promised so that they may end up like me!

  • Ps 71:11
    73%

    11They say,“God has abandoned him. Run and seize him, for there is no one who will rescue him!”

  • Ps 62:7
    73%

    7God delivers me and exalts me; God is my strong protector and my shelter.

  • Lam 1:13
    73%

    13מ(Mem) He sent down fire into my bones, and it overcame them. He spread out a trapper’s net for my feet; he made me turn back. He has made me desolate; I am faint all day long.

  • Isa 40:27
    73%

    27Why do you say, Jacob, Why do you say, Israel,“The LORD is not aware of what is happening to me, My God is not concerned with my vindication”?

  • Isa 38:14
    73%

    14Like a swallow or a thrush I chirp, I coo like a dove; my eyes grow tired from looking up to the sky. O Lord, I am oppressed; help me!

  • Ps 30:8
    73%

    8To you, O LORD, I cried out; I begged the Lord for mercy:

  • Ps 60:10
    73%

    10Have you not rejected us, O God? O God, you do not go into battle with our armies.

  • Job 9:27
    73%

    27If I say,‘I will forget my complaint, I will change my expression and be cheerful,’

  • Ps 89:46
    73%

    46How long, O LORD, will this last? Will you remain hidden forever? Will your anger continue to burn like fire?