O LORD, You favored me; You made my mountain stand strong. When You hid Your face, I was dismayed.
Parallel translations
- WEB You, Yahweh, when you favored me, made my mountain stand strong; but when you hid your face, I was troubled.
- KJV LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
- NKJV Lord, by Your favor You have made my mountain stand strong; You hid Your face, and I was troubled.
- NASB Lord, by Your favor You have made my mountain to stand strong; You hid Your face, I was dismayed.
- NLT Your favor, O Lord, made me as secure as a mountain. Then you turned away from me, and I was shattered.
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Quick answer
God's favor had made David's mountain stand firm, but when God hid His face, David was dismayed. It shows that all stability rests on God's presence.
Overview
David realizes his security came not from himself but from God's favor, and God's hiddenness left him troubled. The lesson corrects the presumption of the previous verse. God may withdraw the sense of His presence to teach His people to rely on Him alone.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 16
- Ps 104:29When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.
- Ps 143:7Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.
- Ps 30:5For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.
- Job 10:12You have granted me life and loving devotion, and Your care has preserved my spirit.
- Ps 89:17For You are the glory of their strength, and by Your favor our horn is exalted.
- Ps 40:2He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.
- Deut 31:17On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?’
- 1 Chr 17:26–27And now, O LORD, You are God! And You have promised this goodness to Your servant.
- Ps 5:12For surely You, O LORD, bless the righteous; You surround them with the shield of Your favor.
- Isa 38:17Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
- Ps 10:1Why, O LORD, do You stand far off? Why do You hide in times of trouble?
- Job 30:26–31But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.
- Ps 13:1–2For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
- Ps 44:3For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.
- Ps 102:10because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and cast me aside.
- Ps 18:35–36You have given me Your shield of salvation; Your right hand upholds me, and Your gentleness exalts me.
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