Psalm 88:14
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14 O Lord, why do you cast me off?
Why do you hide your face from me?(A)
Job 13:24
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24 Why do you hide your face
and count me as your enemy?(A)
Psalm 43:2
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2 For you are the God in whom I take refuge;
why have you cast me off?
Why must I walk about mournfully
because of the oppression of the enemy?(A)
Psalm 13:1
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Psalm 13
Prayer for Deliverance from Enemies
To the leader. A Psalm of David.
1 How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever?
How long will you hide your face from me?(A)
Psalm 44:24
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24 Why do you hide your face?
Why do you forget our affliction and oppression?(A)
Matthew 27:46
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46 And about three o’clock Jesus cried with a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”(A)
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Psalm 77:7-9
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7 “Will the Lord spurn forever
and never again be favorable?(A)
8 Has his steadfast love ceased forever?
Are his promises at an end for all time?(B)
9 Has God forgotten to be gracious?
Has he in anger shut up his compassion?” Selah(C)
Psalm 69:17
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17 Do not hide your face from your servant,
for I am in distress—make haste to answer me.(A)
Psalm 44:9
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9 Yet you have rejected us and shamed us
and have not gone out with our armies.(A)
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