Wherefore

Psalm 10:1, 11
Why, O LORD, do You stand far off? Why do You hide in times of trouble? . . .

Psalm 13:1
How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?

Psalm 43:1-4
Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men. . . .

Deuteronomy 32:20
He said: I will hide My face from them; I will see what will be their end. For they are a perverse generation--children of unfaithfulness.

Job 13:24
Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?

forgettest

Psalm 74:19, 23
Do not deliver the soul of Your dove to beasts; do not forget the lives of Your afflicted forever. . . .

Exodus 2:23, 24
After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God. . . .

Isaiah 40:27, 28
Why do you say, O Jacob, and why do you assert, O Israel, "My way is hidden from the LORD, and my claim is ignored by my God"? . . .

Revelation 6:9, 10
And when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony they had upheld. . . .