The God of Psalm 13, for example, is far off, but not dead to the psalmist. Instead, the psalmist cries out to the beloved God to pay heed and be present in a way that God has not been.

Psalm 66:5 Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men. Psalm 68:35 O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is he that giveth ...