Psalms 42:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“I say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?””
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“I say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”
King James Version · Public Domain“I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“I say to God my rock, `Why hast Thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning in the oppression of an enemy?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 42:9 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 30:26But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.
- Psalms 13:1How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
- Psalms 18:2The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
- Psalms 22:1My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?
- Psalms 28:1To You, O LORD, I call; be not deaf to me, O my Rock. For if You remain silent, I will be like those descending to the Pit.
- Psalms 38:6I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.
- Psalms 43:2For You are the God of my refuge. Why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?
- Psalms 44:23Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.
- Psalms 55:3at the voice of the enemy, at the pressure of the wicked. For they release disaster upon me and revile me in their anger.
- Psalms 62:2He alone is my rock and my salvation. He is my fortress; I will never be shaken.
- Psalms 62:6He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my fortress; I will not be shaken.
- Psalms 77:9Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has His anger shut off His compassion?” Selah
- Psalms 78:35And they remembered that God was their Rock, that God Most High was their Redeemer.
- Psalms 88:9My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.
- Psalms 92:3with the ten-stringed harp and the melody of the lyre.
- Ecclesiastes 4:1Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.
- Isaiah 40:27Why do you say, O Jacob, and why do you assert, O Israel, “My way is hidden from the LORD, and my claim is ignored by my God”?
- Isaiah 49:15“Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the son of her womb? Even if she could forget, I will not forget you!
- Lamentations 5:1Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us. Look and see our disgrace!
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