Mazmur 44:24

44:24 Why do you look the other way, ¹ 

and ignore ²  the way we are oppressed and mistreated? ³ 

Mazmur 88:14

88:14 O Lord, why do you reject me,

and pay no attention to me? ⁴ 

Mazmur 104:29

104:29 When you ignore them, they panic. ⁵ 

When you take away their life’s breath, they die

and return to dust.

Mazmur 13:1

Psalm 13 ⁶ 

For the music director; a psalm of David.

13:1 How long, Lord, will you continue to ignore me? ⁷ 

How long will you pay no attention to me? ⁸ 

[44:24]  ¹ tn Heb “Why do you hide your face?” The idiom “hide the face” can mean “ignore” (see Pss 10:11; 13:1; 51:9) or carry the stronger idea of “reject” (see Pss 30:7; 88:14).

[44:24]  ² tn Or “forget.”

[44:24]  ³ tn Heb “our oppression and our affliction.”

[88:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “[why] do you hide your face from me?”

[104:29]  ⁵ tn Heb “you hide your face, they are terrified.”

[13:1]  ⁶ sn Psalm 13. The psalmist, who is close to death, desperately pleads for God’s deliverance and affirms his trust in God’s faithfulness.

[13:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “will you forget me continually.”

[13:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “will you hide your face from me.”