²⁴ Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?

¹¹ He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.

⁵ The LORD was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.

¹ How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

¹⁷ And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

¹⁴ LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?

²⁴ Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

¹⁰ Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy,

²⁰ 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.

¹⁵ Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

⁶ I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.

⁷ Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?

⁸ Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?

⁹ Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.

¹ Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?

³⁵ Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book.

²¹ Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me.

² Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me;

³ When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;

⁹ He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

² I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.

¹⁶ Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the LORD is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?