Bible Verses for When You Feel Forgotten by God
'How long, O Lord?' is one of the most common phrases in the Psalms. Feeling forgotten is not new, and not a sign your faith has failed. The verses below come from people who asked the same question — and lived to write about the answer.
Pray this
Pray Psalm 13:1 in your own words. Don't soften it. God can take it.
"How long, Yahweh? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart every day?"
"Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you! Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands."
"God remembered Noah, all the animals, and all the livestock that were with him in the ship."
"Aren't five sparrows sold for two assaria coins? Not one of them is forgotten by God. But the very hairs of your head are all counted."
Frequently asked questions
- Scripture doesn't always explain the silence, but it consistently maintains that it isn't absence. Job's whole book wrestles with this — and ends not with answers, but with God himself.