Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

Bible References

Wherefore

Psalm 10:1
Why, O Yahweh, do you stand far off? [Why] do you hide during times of distress?
Psalm 13:1
How long, O Yahweh? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
Psalm 43:1
Judge me, O God, and plead my case against an unfaithful nation. From a man of deceit and wickedness rescue me,
Deuteronomy 32:20
So he said, 'I will hide my face from them; I will see what [will be] their end, for they [are] a generation of perversity, {children in whom there is no faithfulness}.
Job 13:24
Why do you hide your face and count me as your enemy?

Forgettest

Psalm 74:19
Do not give to beasts the life of your dove; do not ever forget the life of your afflicted ones.
Exodus 2:23
{And then} during those many days, the king of Egypt died, and the {Israelites} groaned because of the work, and they cried out, and their cry for help because of the work went up to God.
Isaiah 40:27
{Why} do you say, Jacob, and you speak, Israel, "My way is hidden from Yahweh, and my judgment is passed over by my God?"
Revelation 6:9
And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slaughtered because of the word of God and because of the testimony which they had,