King James Version
Psalms 44:24 in the King James Version says “Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 44 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?”
Psalms 44:24 · KJV
Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake. for our: Heb. a help for us
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and
“thou thy face”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“and forgettest”
H7911to mislay, i.e., to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention
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