Psalms 88:15
Lord, why castest thou off my prayer: why turnest thou away thy face from me?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
In Context
14But I, O Lord, have cried to thee: and in the morning my prayer shall prevent thee.
16I am poor, and in labours from my youth: and being exalted have been humbled and troubled.
Cross References
Job 7:11Wherefore I will not spare my month, I will speak in the affliction of my spirit: I will talk with the bitterness of my soul.
Job 17:11My days have passed away, my thoughts are dissipated, tormenting my heart.
Psalms 22:14They have opened their mouths against me, as a lion ravening and roaring.
Psalms 44:25For our soul is humbled down to the dust : our belly cleaveth to the earth.
Isaiah 53:3Despised, and the most abject of men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with infirmity: and his look was as it were hidden and despised, whereupon we esteemed him not.
Zechariah 13:7Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that cleaveth to me, saith the Lord of hosts: strike the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn my hand to the little ones.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 88:11-18
Pleading with God. 10 Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah. 11 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction? 12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? 13 But unto thee have I cried, O Lord ; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee. 14 Lord , why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me? 15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer… Read the whole commentary →