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Psalms 44:24

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Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
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  1. Job 13:24Rank 1 from verse 24
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    24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?

  2. Deuteronomy 32:20Rank 2 from verse 24
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    20And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.

  3. Psalms 42:9Rank 3 from verse 24
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    9I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

  4. Exodus 2:23–24Rank 4 from verse 24
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    23¶ And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.

    24And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

  5. Psalms 10:1Rank 5 from verse 24
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    1WHY standest thou afar off, O Lord? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

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Psalms 44:24

COMBINED MEANING

wherefore

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1. For that reason, or as a conclusion from what precedes; therefore or consequently. 2. For what reason or purpose; why.

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thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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face

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The front of the head and its countenance or expression; the front, surface, outward appearance, presence, view, or personally known identity of a person, place, or thing.

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forgettest

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Second-person singular present form of forget, meaning to fail or cease to remember; to lose from mind; to neglect or disregard.

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23Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.

24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

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25For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.

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