Psalm 10:1
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
עָמַד
ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
מֶרְחָק
merchâq
remoteness, i.e. (concretely) a distant place; often (adverbially) from afar
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
סָתַר
çâthar
to hide (by covering), literally or figuratively
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
פַּעַם
paʻam
a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow)
צָרָה
tsârâh
tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival:
Key Terms in This Verse
עָמַד ʻâmad
to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)
Study H5975 →מֶרְחָק merchâq
remoteness, i.e. (concretely) a distant place; often (adverbially) from afar
Study H4801 →צָרָה tsârâh
tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival:
Study H6869 →פַּעַם paʻam
a stroke, literally or figuratively (in various applications, as follow)
Study H6471 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →Cross References
My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night?
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him:
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