Why have nations tumultuously assembled? And do peoples meditate vanity?

And why? For when he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them, and forgetteth not the complaint of the poor.

Why, Jehovah, dost Thou stand at a distance? Thou dost hide in times of adversity,

Why does the wicked treat God with contempt? He says in his heart, "You will not call [me] to account."

For why? Thou shalt not leave my soul in hell, neither shalt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption.

And why? Because the king putteth his trust in the LORD; and in the mercy of the most highest he shall not miscarry.

To the Overseer, on 'The Hind of the Morning.' -- A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me? Far from my salvation, The words of my roaring?

The Lord is both kind and fair; that is why he teaches sinners the right way to live.

And in my prosperity I said, "I shall never be removed." And why? Thou, LORD, of thy goodness, hast made my hill so strong.

And why? Their communing is not for peace, but they imagine deceitful words against them that are quiet in the land.

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.

I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.

Why Thy face hidest Thou? Thou forgettest our afflictions and our oppression,

You love justice and hate wickedness. That is why God, even your God, has anointed you rather than your companions with the oil of gladness.

Why do I fear in days of evil? The iniquity of my supplanters doth compass me.

Why should I eat the flesh of oxen or drink the blood of goats?

But unto the ungodly sayeth God, "Why dost thou preach my laws, and takest my covenant in thy mouth,

{To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.} Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually.

This is why God will bring you down forever.
He will take you, ripping you out of your tent;
He will uproot you from the land of the living.Selah

For the sin of their mouth, for the words of their lips, and because of their pride, let them be taken. And why? Their preaching is of cursing and lies.

Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.

And why? For thy sake have I suffered reproof; shame hath covered my face.

And why? I was grieved at the wicked, to see the ungodly in such prosperity.

Of God, why have you put us away from you for ever? why is the fire of your wrath smoking against the sheep who are your care?

Why are you keeping back your hand, and covering your right hand in your robe?

And why? God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.

At the last, I came to this point, that I thought, "O why art thou so foolish? the righthand of the most highest can change all!"

Why do the nations say, 'Where is their God?' Let be known among the nations before our eyes, The vengeance of the blood of Thy servants that is shed.

Why have You broken down its walls
so that all who pass by pick its fruit?

Lord, why do You reject me?
Why do You hide Your face from me?

See how short my time is; why have you made all men for no purpose?

And why? Judgment shall be turned again unto righteousness, and all such as are true in heart shall follow it.

And why? Thy servants think upon her stones, and it pitieth them to see her in the dust.

For why? He remembered his holy promise which he had made to Abraham his servant.

Why was it, sea, that you fled?
Jordan, that you turned back?

Why do you skip like rams, O mountains, like lambs, O hills?

Why should the nations say,
“Where is their God?”

And why? Thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.

Thy testimonies have I claimed as my heritage forever; and why? They are the very joy of my heart.

Your decrees are wonderful that's why I observe them.

For why? The LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his own possession.