Hide not Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me quickly!
Parallel translations
- WEB Don’t hide your face from your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me speedily!
- KJV And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.
- NKJV And do not hide Your face from Your servant, For I am in trouble; Hear me speedily.
- NASB And do not hide Your face from Your servant, For I am in distress; answer me quickly.
- NLT Don’t hide from your servant; answer me quickly, for I am in deep trouble!
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Quick answer
David begs God not to hide his face but to answer quickly in his distress. It expresses urgent longing for God's nearness in trouble.
Overview
In his anguish David pleads that God would not withdraw his favorable presence but respond speedily. The hiding of God's face represents the felt absence of God's help, the believer's deepest fear. Christ on the cross experienced the ultimate hiding of the Father's face so that those who trust him would never be finally forsaken.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 13
- Ps 27:9Hide not Your face from me, nor turn away Your servant in anger. You have been my helper; do not leave me or forsake me, O God of my salvation.
- Ps 102:2Do not hide Your face from me in my day of distress. Incline Your ear to me; answer me quickly when I call.
- Matt 27:46About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
- Ps 143:9Deliver me from my enemies, O LORD; I flee to You for refuge.
- Ps 70:1For the choirmaster. Of David. To bring remembrance. Make haste, O God, to deliver me! Hurry, O LORD, to help me!
- Ps 13:1For 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 44:24Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?
- Ps 66:14the vows that my lips promised and my mouth spoke in my distress.
- Ps 40:13Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; hurry, O LORD, to help me.
- 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 22:24For He has not despised or detested the torment of the afflicted. He has not hidden His face from him, but has attended to his cry for help.
- Matt 26:38Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me.”
- Job 7:21Why do You not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the dust; You will seek me, but I will be no more.”
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