KJV King James Version
I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
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Psalm 42:9
I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
I say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?”
WEB World English Bible
I will ask God, my rock, “Why have you forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”
ASV American Standard Version
I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
I say to God my rock, ‘Why hast Thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning in the oppression of an enemy?
Surrounding context — Psalm 42
6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.
7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
8 [Yet] the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song [shall be] with me, [and] my prayer unto the God of my life.
9 I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
10 [As] with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where [is] thy God?
11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, [who is] the health of my countenance, and my God.
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Psalm 38:6I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.Psalm 43:2For thou [art] the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?Psalm 18:2The LORD [is] my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, [and] my high tower.Psalm 28:1[A Psalm] of David. Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, [if] thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.Isaiah 40:27Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God?Lamentations 5:1-16Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.Psalm 44:23-24Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast [us] not off for ever.Psalm 62:2He only [is] my rock and my salvation; [he is] my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.Psalm 22:1-2To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [why art thou so] far from helping me, [and from] the words of my roaring?Ecclesiastes 4:1So I returned, and considered 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.Psalm 13:1To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?Psalm 55:3Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.Isaiah 49:15Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.Psalm 77:9Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.Psalm 62:6-7He only [is] my rock and my salvation: [he is] my defence; I shall not be moved.Job 30:26-31When I looked for good, then evil came [unto me]: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.Psalm 78:35And they remembered that God [was] their rock, and the high God their redeemer.Psalm 88:9Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
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