Psalms 44:24

“Wherefore hidest thou thy face? etc.] (see <191001>Psalm 10:1 12:1); [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 are engraven on the palms of his hands, and a book of remembrance is written for them: nor the afflictions of his people; he knows their souls in adversity; he chooses them in the furnace of affliction; he makes all afflictions work together for good, and delivers out of them. But because deliverance is not immediately wrought, and they sometimes continue long under their afflictions and oppressions, they seem to be forgotten by him, as during the ten persecutions and the…”

“Wherefore hidest thou thy face? - See the notes at Psalms 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 oppression - Our trials, and the wrongs that are committed against us. These are earnest appeals. They are the pleadings of the oppressed and the wronged. The language is such as man would use in addressing his fellow-men; and, when applied to God, it must be understood as such language. As used in the Psalms, it denotes earnestness, but not irreverence; it is solemn petition, not dictation; it is affectionate pleading, not complaint. It indicates depth of suffering and distress, and is the…”

“Wherefore: Psa 10:1, Psa 10:11, Psa 13:1, Psa 43:1-4; Deu 32:20; Job 13:24 forgettest: Psa 74:19, Psa 74:23; Exo 2:23, Exo 2:24; Isa 40:27, Isa 40:28; Rev 6:9, Rev 6:10 Psalms 44:25”