Psalms 44:24

Wherefore hidest thou thy face?.... See Psa 10:1;

and forgettest our affliction and our oppression. Not that the Lord does really forget either the persons of his people, which he cannot, since they…

Wherefore hidest thou thy face? - See the notes at Psa 13:1. Why dost thou turn away from us, and refuse to aid us, and leave us to these unpitied sufferings? And forgettest our affliction and our…

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…

hidest thou thy face In anger or indifference, instead of shewing the light of Thy countenance in gracious help to Thy people (Psa 44:44; Psa 80:3).

our affliction and our oppression Cp. Deu 26:7; Exo…