Psalms 43:24
Why turnest thou thy face away? and forgettest our want and our trouble?
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The verse in its languages
- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Quare faciem tuam avertis ? oblivisceris inopiæ nostræ et tribulationis nostræ ?
- Septuagint (Swete) shown from Psalms 43:25
- ἵνα τί τὸ πρόσωπόν σου ἀποστρέφεις; ἐπιλανθάνῃ τῆς πτωχίας ἡμῶν καὶ τῆς θλίψεως ἡμῶν;
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 44:25
- לָֽמָּה פָנֶ֥יךָ תַסְתִּ֑יר תִּשְׁכַּ֖ח עָנְיֵ֣נוּ וְֽלַחֲצֵֽנוּ
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm XLIV
19. “Wherefore hidest Thou Thy face:” as if Thou wert not present; as if thou hadst forgotten us? “And forgettest our misery and trouble?” ( ver. 24 ).
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Zain
50. “O remember Thy word unto Thy servant, wherein Thou hast given me hope” ( ver. 49 ). Is forgetfulness incident to God, as it is to man? Why then is it said unto Him, “O remember”? Although in other passages of holy Scripture this very word is used, as, “Why hast Thou forgotten me?” and, “Wherefore forgettest Thou our misery?”…These expressions are borrowed from moral discourses on human affections; although God doth these things according to a fixed dispensation, with no failing memory, nor with an understanding obscured, nor with a will changed. When therefore it is said unto Him, “O remember,” the desire of him who prayeth is displayed, because he asketh for what was promised; God is not admonished, as if the promise had escaped from His mind. “O remember,” he saith, “Thy word unto Thy servant:” that is, fulfil Thy promise to Thy servant. …