God's hiding his face is trouble enough to a good man even in his prosperity but if when we are in trouble, God hides his face, the case is sad indeed.
The accomplishment of atonement by the death of Jesus necessarily leads to the accessibility of humanity to God, depicted in Matthew not just as a person entering God's presence... but also as God's being 'with us'The Torn Veil, Cambridge University Press, 2007, 189
It is hell to be without God. The philosopher says there can be no gold without the influence of the sun; certainly there can be no golden joy in the soul without God's sweet presence and influence.The Ten Commandments, 8