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24Wherefore hidest{H8686)} thou thy face, and forgettest{H8799)} our affliction and our oppression?
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Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.
I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage. …
Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 17-26)The people of God, being greatly afflicted and oppressed, here apply to him; whither else should they go? I. By way of appeal, concerning their integrity, which he only is an infallible judge of, and which he will certainly be the rewarder of. Two things they call God to witness to:— 1. That, though they suffered these hard things, yet they kept close to God and to their duty (Ps. 44:17): “ All th…
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