A moment in scripture
Psalms 44:24
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Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
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The surrounding passage
- Psalms 44:22
Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
- Psalms 44:23
Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
- Psalms 44:25
For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
- Psalms 44:26
Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies’ sake.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.