Psalm 69:17

A Plea For Rescue

¹⁶ Answer me, Lord,
for Your faithful love is good;
in keeping with Your great compassion,
turn to me.
¹⁷ Don’t hide Your face from Your servant,
for I am in distress.
Answer me quickly!
¹⁸ Draw near to me and redeem me;
ransom me because of my enemies.

Hide Your Face

Answer Me

Psalm 27:9

Do not hide Your face from me;
do not turn Your servant away in anger.
You have been my helper;
do not leave me or abandon me,
God of my salvation.

Psalm 102:2

Do not hide Your face from me in my day of trouble.
Listen closely to me;
answer me quickly when I call.

Job 7:21

Why not forgive my sin
and pardon my transgression?
For soon I will lie down in the grave.
You will eagerly seek me, but I will be gone.

Psalm 13:1

For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.Lord, how long will You forget me?
Forever?
How long will You hide Your face from me?

Psalm 22:24

For He has not despised or detested
the torment of the afflicted.
He did not hide His face from him
but listened when he cried to Him for help.

Psalm 40:13

Lord, be pleased to deliver me;
hurry to help me, Lord.

Psalm 44:24

Why do You hide Yourself
and forget our affliction and oppression?

Psalm 66:14

that my lips promised
and my mouth spoke during my distress.

Psalm 70:1

For the choir director. Davidic. To bring remembrance.God, deliver me.
Hurry to help me, Lord!

Psalm 143:7

Answer me quickly, Lord;
my spirit fails.
Don’t hide Your face from me,
or I will be like those
going down to the Pit.

Psalm 143:9

Rescue me from my enemies, Lord;
I come to You for protection.

Matthew 26:38

Then He said to them, “My soul is swallowed up in sorrow —to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake with Me.”

Matthew 27:46

About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Elí, Elí, lemá sabachtháni?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”