Isaiah 8:17

8:17 I will wait patiently for the Lord,

who has rejected the family of Jacob;¹

I will wait for him.

Isaiah 45:15

45:15 Yes, you are a God who keeps hidden,

O God of Israel, deliverer!

Psalms 13:1

Psalm 13²

For the music director; a psalm of David.

13:1 How long, Lord, will you continue to ignore me?³

How long will you pay no attention to me?⁴

Psalms 27:9

27:9 Do not reject me!⁵

Do not push your servant away in anger!

You are my deliverer!⁶

Do not forsake or abandon me,

O God who vindicates me!

Ezekiel 39:23-24

39:23 The nations will know that the house of Israel went into exile due to their iniquity,⁷ for they were unfaithful to me. So I hid my face from them and handed them over to their enemies; all of them died by the sword. 39:24 According to their uncleanness and rebellion I have dealt with them, and I hid my face from them.

¹tn Heb “who hides his face from the house of Jacob.”

²sn Psalm 13. The psalmist, who is close to death, desperately pleads for God’s deliverance and affirms his trust in God’s faithfulness.

³tn Heb “will you forget me continually.”

⁴tn Heb “will you hide your face from me.”

⁵tn Heb “do not hide your face from me.” The idiom “hide the face” can mean “ignore” (see Pss 10:11; 13:1; 51:9) or carry the stronger idea of “reject” (see Pss 30:7; 88:14).

⁶tn Or “[source of] help.”

⁷tn Or “in their punishment.” The phrase “in/for [a person’s] iniquity/punishment” occurs fourteen times in Ezekiel: here; 3:18, 19; 4:17; 7:13, 16; 18: 17, 18, 19, 20; 24:23; 33:6, 8, 9. The Hebrew word for “iniquity” may also mean the “punishment” for iniquity or “guilt” of iniquity.