Psalm 10:1
Why standest thou afar off, O Lord? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
Cross-references
Psalm 88:14 asks 'why do you hide your face from me?' — same lament of divine hiddenness.
Psalm 13:1-3 asks 'how long will you hide your face?' — same theme of God's hiddenness in lament.
Psalm 22:1 echoes the same cry of abandonment — 'why have you forsaken me?' — reinforcing the lament of God's distance.
Psalm 27:9 pleads 'hide not your face' — directly addresses the hiding that Psalm 10:1 laments.
Psalm 30:7 recalls when God hid his face and the psalmist was dismayed — same experience of hiddenness.
Psalm 44:24 asks 'why do you hide your face?' — identical question about God's hiddenness.
Psalm 46:1 contrasts by declaring God a 'very present help in trouble' — the opposite of standing far away.
Psalm 89:46 echoes the same lament: 'How long will you hide yourself forever?' — a direct parallel to the psalmist's cry.
Psalm 74:1 asks 'why do you cast us off?'—a parallel lament of divine abandonment.
Psalm 22:11 pleads 'be not far from me'—the same fear of God's distance in trouble.
Psalm 22:19 echoes 'do not be far off'—a parallel plea for God to draw near.
Psalm 35:22 cries 'be not far from me'—the same longing for God's nearness.
Psalm 69:18 asks God to 'draw near'—a parallel appeal against the distance felt here.
Psalm 27:5 promises God hides the believer in trouble—contrasting with the complaint that God hides himself.
Jeremiah 14:8 asks why God is like a stranger in trouble — same perplexity at God's apparent distance.
In Job 34:29, Elihu describes God hiding his face—the same divine withdrawal lamented here.
Job 23:9 describes inability to perceive God — echoes the sense of God hiding in Psalm 10:1.
Job 13:24 asks 'why do you hide your face and count me as enemy?' — same complaint of hiddenness.
Habakkuk 1:13 asks why God remains silent while the wicked devour the righteous — a direct parallel to the psalmist's complaint.
Mark 4:38 has the disciples ask 'Do you not care that we are perishing?' — echoing the psalmist's lament of God's apparent indifference.
Isaiah 64:12 asks 'Will you restrain yourself?' — a parallel lament of God's silence and hiddenness in judgment.
In Job 23:8, Job cannot perceive God anywhere—a direct parallel to the psalmist's cry of hiddenness.
Ezekiel 39:23 explains God hid his face from Israel because of their iniquity — providing a reason for the hiding lamented here.
Proverbs 15:29 says God is far from the wicked but hears the righteous — contrasting with the psalmist's feeling of distance despite his plight.
In Matthew 8:25, the disciples cry 'Save us, Lord; we are perishing' — a similar desperate plea for help in trouble.