Judges 6:13

Gideon said to Him, “Please Sir, if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened? And where are all His wonders that our fathers told us about? They said, ‘Hasn’t the Lord brought us out of Egypt?’ But now the Lord has abandoned us and handed us over to Midian.”

Psalm 44:1

For the choir director. A Maskil of the sons of Korah.God, we have heard with our ears—
our ancestors have told us—
the work You accomplished in their days,
in days long ago:

2 Chronicles 15:2

So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Asa and all Judah and Benjamin, hear me. The Lord is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you abandon Him, He will abandon you.

Psalm 89:49

Lord, where are the former acts of Your faithful love
that You swore to David in Your faithfulness?

Isaiah 63:15

Look down from heaven and see
from Your lofty home—holy and beautiful.
Where is Your zeal and Your might?
Your yearning and Your compassion
are withheld from me.

Genesis 25:22

But the children inside her struggled with each other, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So she went to inquire of the Lord.

Exodus 33:14-16

Then He replied, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”

Numbers 14:14-15

They will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that You, Lord, are among these people, how You, Lord, are seen face to face, how Your cloud stands over them, and how You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night.

Deuteronomy 29:24

All the nations will ask, ‘Why has the Lord done this to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’

Deuteronomy 30:17-18

But if your heart turns away and you do not listen and you are led astray to bow down to other gods and worship them,

Deuteronomy 31:17

My anger will burn against them on that day; I will abandon them and hide My face from them so that they will become easy prey. Many troubles and afflictions will come to them. On that day they will say, ‘Haven’t these troubles come to us because our God is no longer with us?’

Psalm 27:9

Do not hide Your face from me;
do not turn Your servant away in anger.
You have been my helper;
do not leave me or abandon me,
God of my salvation.

Psalm 77:7-9

“Will the Lord reject forever
and never again show favor?

Psalm 78:3-4

things we have heard and known
and that our fathers have passed down to us.

Isaiah 41:17

The poor and the needy seek water, but there is none;
their tongues are parched with thirst.
I, Yahweh, will answer them;
I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.

Isaiah 59:1-2

Indeed, the Lord’s hand is not too short to save,
and His ear is not too deaf to hear.

Jeremiah 23:33

“Now when these people or a prophet or a priest asks you, ‘What is the burden of the Lord?’ you will respond to them: What is the burden? I will throw you away”—this is the Lord’s declaration.

Romans 8:31

What then are we to say about these things?
If God is for us, who is against us?

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Summary

And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.

Our fathers

Bible References

If the lord

Genesis 25:22
But the children inside her struggled with each other, and she said, “Why is this happening to me?” So she went to inquire of the Lord.
Exodus 33:14
Then He replied, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
Numbers 14:14
They will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that You, Lord, are among these people, how You, Lord, are seen face to face, how Your cloud stands over them, and how You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night.
Romans 8:31
What then are we to say about these things?
If God is for us, who is against us?

Why then

Deuteronomy 29:24
All the nations will ask, ‘Why has the Lord done this to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’
Deuteronomy 30:17
But if your heart turns away and you do not listen and you are led astray to bow down to other gods and worship them,
Psalm 77:7
“Will the Lord reject forever
and never again show favor?
Psalm 89:49
Lord, where are the former acts of Your faithful love
that You swore to David in Your faithfulness?
Isaiah 59:1
Indeed, the Lord’s hand is not too short to save,
and His ear is not too deaf to hear.
Isaiah 63:15
Look down from heaven and see
from Your lofty home—holy and beautiful.
Where is Your zeal and Your might?
Your yearning and Your compassion
are withheld from me.

Our fathers

Psalm 44:1
For the choir director. A Maskil of the sons of Korah.God, we have heard with our ears—
our ancestors have told us—
the work You accomplished in their days,
in days long ago:
Psalm 78:3
things we have heard and known
and that our fathers have passed down to us.

Forsaken us

Deuteronomy 31:17
My anger will burn against them on that day; I will abandon them and hide My face from them so that they will become easy prey. Many troubles and afflictions will come to them. On that day they will say, ‘Haven’t these troubles come to us because our God is no longer with us?’
2 Chronicles 15:2
So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Asa and all Judah and Benjamin, hear me. The Lord is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you abandon Him, He will abandon you.
Psalm 27:9
Do not hide Your face from me;
do not turn Your servant away in anger.
You have been my helper;
do not leave me or abandon me,
God of my salvation.
Isaiah 41:17
The poor and the needy seek water, but there is none;
their tongues are parched with thirst.
I, Yahweh, will answer them;
I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
Jeremiah 23:33
“Now when these people or a prophet or a priest asks you, ‘What is the burden of the Lord?’ you will respond to them: What is the burden? I will throw you away”—this is the Lord’s declaration.

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