Lexicon :: Strong's H5641 - sāṯar

“The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things which are revealed and disclosed belong to us and to our children forever, so that we may do all of the words of this law.

“Then He said, ‘I will hide My face from them,

I will see what their end shall be;

For they are a perverse generation,

Sons in whom there is no faithfulness.

So David hid in the field; and when the New Moon [festival] came, the king sat down to eat food.

Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah, saying, “Is David not hiding with us in strongholds of Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah, which is south of [fn]Jeshimon?

The Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah, saying, “Is David not hiding on the hill of Hachilah, east of Jeshimon?”

Because it did not shut the doors of my mother’s womb,

Nor hide trouble from my eyes.

“Why is the light of day given to a man whose way is hidden,

And whom God has hedged in?

“Only [O Lord,] do not do two things to me,

And then I will not hide myself from Your face:

“Why do You hide Your face [as if offended]

And consider me Your enemy?

“Oh, that You would hide me in Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead),

That You would conceal me until Your wrath is past,

That You would set a definite time and then remember me [and in Your lovingkindness imprint me on your heart]!

“It is hidden from the eyes of all the living

And concealed from the birds of the heavens.

“There is no darkness nor deep shadow

Where the evildoers may hide themselves.

“When He keeps quiet, who then can condemn?

When He hides His face [withdrawing His favor and help], who then can behold Him [and make supplication to Him],

Whether it be a nation or a man by himself?—

He says to himself, “God has [quite] forgotten;

He has hidden His face; He will never see my deed.”

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever?

How long will You hide Your face from me?

Keep me [in Your affectionate care, protect me] as the [fn]apple of Your eye;

Hide me in the [protective] shadow of Your wings

The sun’s rising is from one end of the heavens,

And its circuit to the other end of them;

And there is nothing hidden from its heat.

Who can understand his errors or omissions? Acquit me of hidden (unconscious, unintended) faults.

For He has not despised nor detested the suffering of the afflicted;

Nor has He hidden His face from him;

But when he cried to Him for help, He listened.

For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter;

In the secret place of His tent He will hide me;

He will lift me up on a rock.

Do not hide Your face from me,

Do not turn Your servant away in anger;

You have been my help;

Do not abandon me nor [fn]leave me,

O God of my salvation!

By Your favor and grace, O LORD, you have made my mountain stand strong;

You hid Your face, and I was horrified.

In the secret place of Your presence You hide them from the plots and conspiracies of man;

You keep them secretly in a shelter (pavilion) from the strife of tongues.

Lord, all my desire is before You;

And my sighing is not hidden from You.

Why do You hide Your face

And forget our affliction and our oppression?

Hide Your face from my sins

And blot out all my iniquities.

To the Chief Musician; with stringed instruments. A skillful song, or a didactic or reflective poem, of David, when the Ziphites went and told Saul, “David is hiding among us.”

Save me, O God, by Your name;

And vindicate me by Your [wondrous] power.

For it is not an enemy who taunts me—

Then I could bear it;

Nor is it one who has hated me who insolently exalts himself against me—

Then I could hide from him.

Hide me from the secret counsel and conspiracy of the ungodly,

From the scheming of those who do wrong,

Do not hide Your face from Your servant,

For I am in distress; answer me quickly.

O LORD, why do You reject me?

Why do You hide Your face from me?

How long, O LORD?

Will You hide Yourself forever?

Will Your wrath burn like fire?

Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my distress!

Incline Your ear to me;

In the day when I call, answer me quickly.

You hide Your face, they are dismayed;

You take away their breath, they die

And return to their dust.

I am a stranger on the earth;

Do not hide Your commandments from me.

Answer me quickly, O LORD, my spirit fails;

Do not hide Your face from me,

Or I will become like those who go down into the pit (grave).

A prudent and far-sighted person sees the evil [of sin] and hides himself [from it],

But the naive continue on and are punished [by suffering the consequences of sin].