Psalms 88:14

(88:15) Why, O Lord, wilt thou cast off my soul? [why] wilt thou hide thy face from me?

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?

In Context

13(88:14) Yet I cry indeed aloud unto thee, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer come before thee.

15(88:16) I am afflicted and perishing from my youth up: I bear thy terrors, I am distracted.

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Cross References

Job 13:24Wherefore wilt thou hide thy face, and regard me as an enemy unto thee?

Psalms 13:1“To the chief musician, a psalm of David.” (13:2) How long, O Lord, wilt thou forget me continually! how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

Psalms 44:9(44:10) But [now] thou hast cast off, and put us to the blush, and goest not forth with our armies.

Psalms 69:17(69:18) And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in distress: make haste and answer me.

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 →

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