{\b For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.}\par\par\tab How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou forget me for ever?\par\tab How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Psalm 42:9 - American Standard Version 2015 I will say unto God my rock,\par\tab Why hast thou forgotten me?\par\tab Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I will say unto God my rock, why hast thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I will say to God my Rock, Why have You forgotten me? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? American Standard Version (1901) I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? Common English Bible I will say to God, my solid rock, “Why have you forgotten me? Why do I have to walk around, sad, oppressed by enemies?” |
{\b For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.}\par\par\tab How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou forget me for ever?\par\tab How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;\par\tab My God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge;\par\tab My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
{\b {\i A Psalm} of David.}\par\par\tab Unto thee, O Jehovah, will I call:\par\tab My rock, be not thou deaf unto me;\par\tab Lest, if thou be silent unto me,\par\tab I become like them that go down into the pit.
I am pained and bowed down greatly;\par\tab I go mourning all the day long.
For thou art the God of my strength; why hast thou cast me off?\par\tab Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Because of the voice of the enemy,\par\tab Because of the oppression of the wicked;\par\tab For they cast iniquity upon me,\par\tab And in anger they persecute me.
He only is my rock and my salvation:\par\tab {\i He is} my high tower;\par\tab I shall not be greatly moved.
Hath God forgotten to be gracious?\par\tab Hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? {\i Selah
And they remembered that God was their rock,\par\tab And the Most High God their redeemer.
Mine eye wasteth away by reason of affliction:\par\tab I have called daily upon thee, O Jehovah;\par\tab I have spread forth my hands unto thee.
With an instrument of ten strings, and with the psaltery;\par\tab With a solemn sound upon the harp.
Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and, behold, the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from Jehovah, and the justice {\i due} to me is passed away from my God?
Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, these may forget, yet will not I forget thee.