LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
Parallel translations
- WEB You, Yahweh, when you favored me, made my mountain stand strong; but when you hid your face, I was troubled.
- BSB O LORD, You favored me; You made my mountain stand strong. When You hid Your face, I was dismayed.
- 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.
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- Ps 104:29Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.
- Ps 143:7Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
- Ps 30:5For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
- Job 10:12Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.
- Ps 89:17For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
- Ps 40:2He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
- Deut 31:17Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?
- 1 Chr 17:26–27And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant:
- Ps 5:12For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.
- Isa 38:17Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
- Ps 10:1Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
- Job 30:26–31When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.
- Ps 13:1–2How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
- Ps 44:3For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
- Ps 102:10Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
- Ps 18:35–36Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great.
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