Psalms 10:1

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Why, LORD, do you stand far off? Why do you pay no attention during times of trouble?

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 22:1 : 1 For the music director; according to the tune“Morning Doe;” a psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? I groan in prayer, but help seems far away.
  • Ps 27:9 : 9 Do not reject me! Do not push your servant away in anger! You are my deliverer! Do not forsake or abandon me, O God who vindicates me!
  • Ps 30:7 : 7 O LORD, in your good favor you made me secure. Then you rejected me and I was terrified.
  • Ps 44:24 : 24 Why do you look the other way, and ignore the way we are oppressed and mistreated?
  • Job 13:24 : 24 Why do you hide your face and regard me as your enemy?
  • Job 23:9 : 9 In the north when he is at work, I do not see him; when he turns to the south, I see no trace of him.
  • Job 34:29 : 29 But if God is quiet, who can condemn him? If he hides his face, then who can see him? Yet he is over the individual and the nation alike,
  • Ps 88:14 : 14 O LORD, why do you reject me, and pay no attention to me?
  • Jer 14:8 : 8 You have been the object of Israel’s hopes. You have saved them when they were in trouble. Why have you become like a resident foreigner in the land? Why have you become like a traveler who only stops in to spend the night?
  • Ps 13:1-3 : 1 For the music director; a psalm of David. How long, LORD, will you continue to ignore me? How long will you pay no attention to me? 2 How long must I worry, and suffer in broad daylight? How long will my enemy gloat over me? 3 Look at me! Answer me, O LORD my God! Revive me, or else I will die!
  • Ps 46:1 : 1 For the music director; by the Korahites; according to the alamoth style; a song. God is our strong refuge; he is truly our helper in times of trouble.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 24Why do you hide your face and regard me as your enemy?

  • 14O LORD, why do you reject me, and pay no attention to me?

  • Ps 44:23-24
    2 verses
    78%

    23Rouse yourself! Why do you sleep, O Lord? Wake up! Do not reject us forever!

    24Why do you look the other way, and ignore the way we are oppressed and mistreated?

  • 1For the music director; a psalm of David. How long, LORD, will you continue to ignore me? How long will you pay no attention to me?

  • Ps 43:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1Vindicate me, O God! Fight for me against an ungodly nation! Deliver me from deceitful and evil men!

    2For you are the God who shelters me. Why do you reject me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?

  • Ps 22:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

    1For the music director; according to the tune“Morning Doe;” a psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? I groan in prayer, but help seems far away.

    2My God, I cry out during the day, but you do not answer, and during the night my prayers do not let up.

  • 17Do not ignore your servant, for I am in trouble! Answer me right away!

  • 7O LORD, in your good favor you made me secure. Then you rejected me and I was terrified.

  • 46How long, O LORD, will this last? Will you remain hidden forever? Will your anger continue to burn like fire?

  • 22But you take notice, LORD; do not be silent! O Lord, do not remain far away from me!

  • Ps 102:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1The prayer of an oppressed man, as he grows faint and pours out his lament before the LORD. O LORD, hear my prayer! Pay attention to my cry for help!

    2Do not ignore me in my time of trouble! Listen to me! When I call out to you, quickly answer me!

  • 1A well-written song by Asaph. Why, O God, have you permanently rejected us? Why does your anger burn against the sheep of your pasture?

  • 19But you, O LORD, do not remain far away! You are my source of strength! Hurry and help me!

  • 21Do not abandon me, O LORD! My God, do not remain far away from me!

  • 11Do not remain far away from me, for trouble is near and I have no one to help me.

  • 9Do not reject me! Do not push your servant away in anger! You are my deliverer! Do not forsake or abandon me, O God who vindicates me!

  • Ps 42:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9I will pray to God, my high ridge:“Why do you ignore me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?”

    10My enemies’ taunts cut into me to the bone, as they say to me all day long,“Where is your God?”

  • Ps 10:11-12
    2 verses
    74%

    11He says to himself,“God overlooks it; he does not pay attention; he never notices.”

    12Rise up, LORD! O God, strike him down! Do not forget the oppressed!

  • 27Why do you say, Jacob, Why do you say, Israel,“The LORD is not aware of what is happening to me, My God is not concerned with my vindication”?

  • 1LORD, you have always been fair whenever I have complained to you. However, I would like to speak with you about the disposition of justice. Why are wicked people successful? Why do all dishonest people have such easy lives?

  • 1For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a well-written song by David. Listen, O God, to my prayer! Do not ignore my appeal for mercy!

  • 12O God, do not remain far away from me! My God, hurry and help me!

  • Ps 74:10-11
    2 verses
    74%

    10How long, O God, will the adversary hurl insults? Will the enemy blaspheme your name forever?

    11Why do you remain inactive? Intervene and destroy him!

  • 20I cry out to you, but you do not answer me; I stand up, and you only look at me.

  • 1For the music director; by David. In the LORD I have taken shelter. How can you say to me,“Flee to a mountain like a bird!

  • 2The wicked arrogantly chase the oppressed; the oppressed are trapped by the schemes the wicked have dreamed up.

  • 73%

    9Consequently the LORD provides safety for the oppressed; he provides safety in times of trouble.

  • 9Rescue me from my enemies, O LORD! I run to you for protection.

  • 10Have you not rejected us, O God? O God, you do not go into battle with our armies.

  • 3Why do you force me to witness injustice? Why do you put up with wrongdoing? Destruction and violence confront me; conflict is present and one must endure strife.

  • 2Why should the nations say,“Where is their God?”

  • 1For the music director; by David; written to get God’s attention. O God, please be willing to rescue me! O LORD, hurry and help me!

  • 11Have you not rejected us, O God? O God, you do not go into battle with our armies.

  • 3If you, O LORD, were to keep track of sins, O Lord, who could stand before you?

  • 5He will surely give me shelter in the day of danger; he will hide me in his home; he will place me on an inaccessible rocky summit.

  • 10Hear, O LORD, and have mercy on me! O LORD, deliver me!”

  • 72%

    1A psalm of David, written when he fled from his son Absalom. LORD, how numerous are my enemies! Many attack me.

  • 20Why do you keep on forgetting us? Why do you forsake us so long?

  • 8You have been the object of Israel’s hopes. You have saved them when they were in trouble. Why have you become like a resident foreigner in the land? Why have you become like a traveler who only stops in to spend the night?

  • 49Where are your earlier faithful deeds, O Lord, the ones performed in accordance with your reliable oath to David?

  • 22I jumped to conclusions and said,“I am cut off from your presence!” But you heard my plea for mercy when I cried out to you for help.

  • 72%

    1A musical composition by David, which he sang to the LORD concerning a Benjaminite named Cush. O LORD my God, in you I have taken shelter. Deliver me from all who chase me! Rescue me!

  • 1For the music director; a psalm of David. May the LORD answer you when you are in trouble; may the God of Jacob make you secure!