Psalms 44:24
What does Psalms 44:24 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 44:24 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
KJV
King James Version · 1611Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Why is your face covered, and why do you give no thought to our trouble and our cruel fate?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Why Thy face hidest Thou? Thou forgettest our afflictions and our oppression,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Not available in this translation
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Wherefore hidest thou thy face, [and] forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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 perverse generation, Children in whom is no faithfulness.
- Psalms 10:11
He saith in his heart: God hath forgotten; He hideth his face, he will never see it.
- Psalms 43:1
Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: Oh deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
- Revelation 6:9
And when he 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:
- Psalms 74:19
Oh deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast: Forget not the life of thy poor for ever.
- Exodus 2:23
And it came to pass in the course of those many days, 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.
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