Why do you stand far off, Yahweh? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
Parallel translations
- KJV Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
- BSB Why, O LORD, do You stand far off? Why do You hide in times of trouble?
- NKJV Why do You stand afar off, O Lord? Why do You hide in times of trouble?
- NASB Why do You stand far away, Lord? Why do You hide Yourself in times of trouble?
- NLT O Lord, why do you stand so far away? Why do you hide when I am in trouble?
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Ps 22:1For the Chief Musician; set to “The Doe of the Morning.” A Psalm by David. My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?
- Ps 27:9Don’t hide your face from me. Don’t put your servant away in anger. You have been my help. Don’t abandon me, neither forsake me, God of my salvation.
- Ps 13:1–3For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. How long, Yahweh? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
- Ps 46:1For the Chief Musician. By the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
- Jer 14:8You hope of Israel, its Savior in the time of trouble, why should you be as a foreigner in the land, and as a wayfaring man who turns aside to stay for a night?
- Ps 44:24Why do you hide your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?
- Job 13:24Why hide you your face, and hold me for your enemy?
- Ps 30:7You, Yahweh, when you favored me, made my mountain stand strong; but when you hid your face, I was troubled.
- Ps 88:14Yahweh, why do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your face from me?
- Job 34:29When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? When he hides his face, who then can see him? Alike whether to a nation, or to a man,
- Job 23:9He works to the north, but I can’t see him. He turns south, but I can’t catch a glimpse of him.
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