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Psalm 10

Prayer for Deliverance from Enemies

[a]Why, O Lord, do you stand far off?
    Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?

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Footnotes

  1. 10.1 Psalms 9–10 were originally one psalm, as in the Greek and Latin traditions. In Hebrew, Psalms 9–10 formed an acrostic.

Psalm 22

Plea for Deliverance from Suffering and Hostility

To the leader: according to The Deer of the Dawn. A Psalm of David.

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
    Why are you so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning?(A)

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    Do not hide your face from me.

Do not turn your servant away in anger,
    you who have been my help.
Do not cast me off; do not forsake me,
    O God of my salvation!(A)

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Psalm 13

Prayer for Deliverance from Enemies

To the leader. A Psalm of David.

How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever?
    How long will you hide your face from me?(A)
How long must I bear pain[a] in my soul
    and have sorrow in my heart all day long?
How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?(B)

Consider and answer me, O Lord my God!
    Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep the sleep of death,(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 13.2 Syr: Heb hold counsels

O hope of Israel,
    its savior in time of trouble,
why should you be like a stranger in the land,
    like a traveler turning aside for the night?(A)

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14 O Lord, why do you cast me off?
    Why do you hide your face from me?(A)

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24 Why do you hide your face?
    Why do you forget our affliction and oppression?(A)

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Psalm 46

God’s Defense of His City and People

To the leader. Of the Korahites. According to Alamoth. A Song.

God is our refuge and strength,
    a very present[a] help in trouble.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 46.1 Or well proved

By your favor, O Lord,
    you had established me as a strong mountain;
you hid your face;
    I was dismayed.(A)

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24 Why do you hide your face
    and count me as your enemy?(A)

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29 When he is quiet, who can condemn?
    When he hides his face, who can behold him?
    Whether nation or person, it is the same—(A)

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on the left he hides, and I cannot behold him;
    I turn[a] to the right, but I cannot see him.

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Footnotes

  1. 23.9 Syr Vg: Heb he turns