Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?

Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, {and} forsake us so long time? {so...: Heb. for length of days?}

How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?

LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?

[To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David.] My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? {why art thou so} far from helping me, {and from} the words of my roaring? {Aijeleth...: or, the hind of the morning} {helping...: Heb. my salvation}

O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? {be...: Heb. smoke}

Wherefore hidest thou thy face, {and} forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?

Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions. {darling: Heb. only one}

[Maschil of Asaph.] O God, why hast thou cast {us} off for ever? {why} doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? {Maschil...: or, A Psalm for Asaph to give instruction}

Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble. {humble: or, afflicted}

Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?

But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid {his} face from you, that he will not hear. {have hid: or, have made him hide}

O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

Then 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? {befall: Heb. find}

Blessed {are} they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?

Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? {why} hidest thou {thyself} in times of trouble?

O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! {even} cry out unto thee {of} violence, and thou wilt not save!

But I {am} poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou {art} my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.

Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, {and} forsake us so long time? {so...: Heb. for length of days?}

Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?

LORD, why castest thou off my soul? {why} hidest thou thy face from me?

Hear 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. {lest...: or, for I am become like, etc}

My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?

In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer.

Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, {which} refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, {and as} waters {that} fail? {fail: Heb. be not sure?}

Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions. {darling: Heb. only one}

How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

Behold, I go forward, but he {is} not {there}; and backward, but I cannot perceive him:

And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily. {hear...: Heb. make haste to hear me}

Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?

Hide not thy face {far} from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.

And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?

When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth {his} face, who then can behold him? whether {it be done} against a nation, or against a man only:

Be not far from me; for trouble {is} near; for {there is} none to help. {none...: Heb. not a helper}

LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, {and} I was troubled. {made...: Heb. settled strength for my mountain}

I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

Wherefore hidest thou thy face, {and} forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;

I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?

Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually. {increaseth: Heb. ascendeth}

How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?

{Such} knowledge {is} too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot {attain} unto it.

But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.

Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of {our} soul {is} to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.

Hide not thy face from me in the day {when} I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day {when} I call answer me speedily.

Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble. {humble: or, afflicted}