Job 13:24
Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?
BSB
ASV
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And holdest me for thine enemy?
KJV
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
Wherefore hidest Thou Thy face, and holdest me for Thine enemy? Man enjoyed the light of inward contemplation in Paradise, but by gratifying himself as he departed from himself, he lost the light of the Creator, and fled from His face to the trees of Paradise, seeing that, after his sin, he dreaded to see Him, whom he had used to love.
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Isaiah 8:17I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.
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You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.
For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and will not delay.
And in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited. Let us…
The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.
Our soul waits for the LORD; He is our help and our shield.
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Psalms 13:1How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
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Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long?
How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?
How long will the wicked, O LORD, how long will the wicked exult?