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Don`t hide your face from me. Don`t put your servant away in anger. You have been my help. Don`t abandon me, neither forsake me, God of my salvation.
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The Pain of God's Silence
Commentators explain that the psalmist's greatest fear is not earthly trouble, but the loss of God's presence. To have God 'hide his face' signifies divine displeasure and is described by Charles Spurgeon as the 'sharpest trial a Christian can know.' The plea is an urgent request for God's uninterrupted favor, which is the source of all strength and comfort.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Hide not your face far from me — Compare the notes at (Psalms 4:6). To “hide the face” is to turn it away with displeas…
19th Century
Anglican
Far. —This is unnecessary and misleading.
Baptist
Do not hide Your face far from me; do not put Your servant away in anger:
The sharpest trial a Christian can know is to be forsaken…
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16th Century
Protestant
Hide not your face from me. The Psalmist elegantly continues the same form of speech, but with a different meaning. The face of God
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Hide not your face [far] from me Yea, not at all from him; for the word "far" is not in the text: this is sometimes …
Wherever the believer is, he can find a way to the throne of grace by prayer. God calls us by his Spirit, by his word, by his worship, and by speci…
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13th Century
Catholic
1. Now that he has prayed, the psalmist speaks about the trust produced by that prayer, and he makes two points about this.
First, he…
