Psalm 10[a]

Why, Lord, do you stand far off?(A)
    Why do you hide yourself(B) in times of trouble?

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 10:1 Psalms 9 and 10 may originally have been a single acrostic poem in which alternating lines began with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. In the Septuagint they constitute one psalm.

Psalm 22[a]

For the director of music. To the tune of “The Doe of the Morning.” A psalm of David.

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?(A)
    Why are you so far(B) from saving me,
    so far from my cries of anguish?(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 22:1 In Hebrew texts 22:1-31 is numbered 22:2-32.

Do not hide your face(A) from me,
    do not turn your servant away in anger;(B)
    you have been my helper.(C)
Do not reject me or forsake(D) me,
    God my Savior.(E)

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Psalm 13[a]

For the director of music. A psalm of David.

How long,(A) Lord? Will you forget me(B) forever?
    How long will you hide your face(C) from me?
How long must I wrestle with my thoughts(D)
    and day after day have sorrow in my heart?
    How long will my enemy triumph over me?(E)

Look on me(F) and answer,(G) Lord my God.
    Give light to my eyes,(H) or I will sleep in death,(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 13:1 In Hebrew texts 13:1-6 is numbered 13:2-6.

You who are the hope(A) of Israel,
    its Savior(B) in times of distress,(C)
why are you like a stranger in the land,
    like a traveler who stays only a night?

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14 Why, Lord, do you reject(A) me
    and hide your face(B) from me?

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24 Why do you hide your face(A)
    and forget(B) our misery and oppression?(C)

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Psalm 46[a]

For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. According to alamoth.[b] A song.

God is our refuge(A) and strength,(B)
    an ever-present(C) help(D) in trouble.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 46:1 In Hebrew texts 46:1-11 is numbered 46:2-12.
  2. Psalm 46:1 Title: Probably a musical term

Lord, when you favored me,
    you made my royal mountain[a] stand firm;
but when you hid your face,(A)
    I was dismayed.

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  1. Psalm 30:7 That is, Mount Zion

24 Why do you hide your face(A)
    and consider me your enemy?(B)

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29 But if he remains silent,(A) who can condemn him?(B)
    If he hides his face,(C) who can see him?
Yet he is over individual and nation alike,(D)

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When he is at work in the north, I do not see him;
    when he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him.(A)

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