Verse 1

Why do you stand far off, Yahweh? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 22:1 : 1 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?
  • Ps 27:9 : 9 Don't hide your face from me. Don't put your servant away in anger. You have been my help. Don't abandon me, neither forsake me, God of my salvation.
  • Ps 30:7 : 7 You, Yahweh, when you favored me, made my mountain stand strong; but when you hid your face, I was troubled.
  • Ps 44:24 : 24 Why do you hide your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?
  • Job 13:24 : 24 Why hide you your face, and hold me for your enemy?
  • Job 23:9 : 9 He works to the north, but I can't see him. He turns south, but I can't catch a glimpse of him.
  • Job 34:29 : 29 When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? When he hides his face, who then can see him? Alike whether to a nation, or to a man,
  • Ps 88:14 : 14 Yahweh, why do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your face from me?
  • Jer 14:8 : 8 You hope of Israel, its Savior in the time of trouble, why should you be as a foreigner in the land, and as a wayfaring man who turns aside to stay for a night?
  • Ps 13:1-3 : 1 How long, Yahweh? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? 2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart every day? How long shall my enemy triumph over me? 3 Behold, and answer me, Yahweh, my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death;
  • Ps 46:1 : 1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.