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Psalms 44:24

Wherefore hidest Thou Thy face, as though He had forgotten all His mercy, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression, as though indifferent to all their suffering?

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 44:24. _WHEREFORE HIDEST THOU THY FACE_] Show us the cause why thou withdrawest from us the testimony of thy approbation....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    WHEREFORE HIDEST THOU THY FACE? - See the notes at Psalms 13:1. Why dost thou turn away from us, and refuse to aid us, and leave us to these unpitied sufferings? AND FORGETTEST OUR AFFLICTION AND OUR...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Psalms 44 The Increased Cry for Deliverance _ 1. My King, O God! Command deliverances (Psalms 44:1)_ 2. Trouble upon trouble and confusion (Psalms 44:9) 3. Awake! Arise for our help! ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    XLIV. A NATIONAL PRAYER IN UNMERITED DISTRESS. The Ps. evidently depicts the situation of Israel under Antiochus Epiphanes [but see OTJC 2, pp. 207f., 437- 440. A. S. P.] So much was plain long ago to...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _hidest thou thy face_ In anger or indifference, instead of shewing the light of Thy countenance in gracious help to Thy people (Psalms 44:3; Psalms 80:3). _our affliction and our oppression_ Cp. Deut...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    An urgent appeal for immediate help....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 44 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Israel Suffers for God. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 44:1-8, The Psalmist, Encouraging himself by Jehovah's Past Favour in Giving Israel their Land, Emboldens himself to E...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _WHEREFORE HIDEST THOU THY FACE, AND FORGETTEST OUR AFFLICTION AND OUR OPPRESSION?_ No JFB commentary on this verse....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    This is a prayer for deliverance from national trouble which has not been deserved by any apostasy or idolatry. The strong assertions of national faithfulness are akin to the spirit of the Maccabean a...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Psalms 44:25]_ לָֽמָּה ־פָנֶ֥יךָ תַסְתִּ֑יר תִּשְׁכַּ֖ח עָנְיֵ֣נוּ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 44:1 CALVIN says that the authorship of this psalm is uncertain, but that it is abundantly clear that it was composed by anyone rather than David, and that its plaintive contents suit best the...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    A PLEA FOR PRESENT HELP Psalms 44:9 In Psalms 44:11 God's people are compared to sheep appointed for meat, which are sold by the shepherd for naught, so worthless are they. Before their savage foes s...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The final meaning of this psalm is discovered in its last four verses. It is a prayer for deliverance from defeat. Its strength of appeal lies in its recognition of the government of God. He is the Au...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    These are the strong cries of faith: not that the Lord sleepeth, or is an inattentive spectator to the exercises of his redeemed: He seeth and knoweth all. The great Shepherd of Israel neither slumber...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Psalms 44 gives a full and vivid picture of the state of the nation, as in the conscience of the remnant. They had heard with their ears. Faith rested in the memorial of all the old mighty deliverance...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    WHEREFORE HIDEST THOU THY FACE?.... See Psalms 10:1; [AND] FORGETTEST OUR AFFLICTION AND OUR OPPRESSION. Not that the Lord does really forget either the persons of his people, which he cannot, since...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Wherefore hidest thou thy face, [and] forgettest our affliction and our oppression? Ver. 24. _Wherefore hidest thou thy face?_] God sometimes concealeth his love, as Joseph did, out of increasement o...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Wherefore hidest thou thy face?_ Dost not regard our miseries, nor afford us any pity or help? _and forgettest our affliction_ Actest as if thou didst forget, or overlook it, when we have not forgott...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    HIDEST THOU THY FACE, i.e. dost not regard our miseries, nor affordest us any pity or help. FORGETTEST OUR AFFLICTION AND OUR OPPRESSION, when we have not forgotten thee. This seems not well to become...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 44:24 hide H5641 (H8686) face H6440 forget H7911 (H8799) affliction H6040 oppression H3906 Wherefore -...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    AWOKEN HIMSELF TO THE TRUE SITUATION HE NOW CALLS ON THEIR SOVEREIGN LORD TO AWAKEN AND RISE UP AND HELP THEM (PSALMS 44:23). Psalms 44:23 ‘Awake, why do you sleep, O Lord? Arise, do not cast us of...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Complaint of the Lord's apparent forgetfulness and entreaty for His help. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: The tokens of God's displeasure are more grievous to those who have been lo...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Psalms 44:1. _Our fathers have told us._ All ancient patriarchs instructed their children, and all ancient nations instructed posterity by oral traditions, as in this psalm, by reciting how Joshua dro...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us what work Thou didst._ ASPECTS OF NATIONAL PIETY There is such a thing as national piety. I mean the aggregation of genuine godly though...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 44:1. This is a hymn for times when God’s people as a whole have suffered some great calamity at the hands of their enemies. When the worshiping congregation sings this, the...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 44:23 Remembering God’s history with his people strengthens the community to pray for his aid in the present. The last word is a request for God to REDEEM (see note on 25:22),...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    INTRODUCTION _Superscription_.—“To the Chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil.” See introduction to Psalms 42. We have no means of determining who was the author of the psalm. Nor are we able...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THE date and occasion of this psalm are greatly disputed. Most critics, from Calvin to Hitzig, refer it to the times of the Maccabees. Others suggest the fourth or fifth century B.C. One (T...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work you did in their days, in times of old. How you did drive out the heathen with thy hand, and you planted them; and how you did a...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Deuteronomy 32:20; Exodus 2:23; Exodus 2:24; Isaiah 40:27; Isaiah 40:2

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