Why do you hide your face? Why do you forget our suffering and misery?
Why do you hide your face ⌞from me⌟ and consider me your enemy?
Why are you so distant, Lord? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
He says to himself, “God has forgotten. He has hidden his face. He will never see it!”
How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
Wake up, and rise to my defense. Plead my case, O my God and my Lord.
I will ask God, my rock, “Why have you forgotten me? Why must I walk around in mourning while the enemy oppresses me?”
Do not hand over the soul of your dove to wild animals. Do not forget the life of your oppressed people forever.
Do not forget the shouting of your opponents. Do not forget the uproar made by those who attack you.
Wake up! Wake up! Clothe yourself with strength, O Lord! Wake up as you did in days long past, as in generations long ago. Didn’t you cut Rahab into pieces and stab the serpent?
He said, “I will turn away from them and find out what will happen to them. They are devious people, children who can’t be trusted.