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

[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? {chief...: or, overseer}

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire {is, that} the Almighty would answer me, and {that} mine adversary had written a book. {my...: or, my sign is that the Almighty will}

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

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

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

Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me. {become...: Heb. turned to be cruel} {thy...: Heb. the strength of thy hand}

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

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

[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.] How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? {chief...: or, overseer}

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rejoice, O ye nations, {with} his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, {and} to his people. {Rejoice...: or, Praise his people, ye nations: or, Sing ye}

Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire {is, that} the Almighty would answer me, and {that} mine adversary had written a book. {my...: or, my sign is that the Almighty will}

All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; {because} thy sins were increased.

Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God {is} not among us? {befall: Heb. find}

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.

I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; {and that} with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.

Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.

And Joseph said unto them, That {is it} that I spake unto you, saying, Ye {are} spies: