Psalms 88:14
Why, O LORD! dost thou cast me off? Why hidest thou thy face from me?
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
In Context
13To thee do I cry, O LORD! In the morning doth my cry come before thee.
15I have been afflicted and languishing from my youth; I suffer thy terrors, and am distracted.
Cross References
Job 13:24Wherefore dost thou hide thy face, And account me as thine enemy?
Psalms 13:1“For the leader of the music. A psalm of David.” How long, O LORD! wilt thou forget me for ever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Psalms 44:9Yet now thou hast cast us off, and put us to shame; Thou goest not forth with our armies.
Psalms 69:17Hide not thy face from thy servant; I am greatly distressed, O make haste to mine aid!
Matthew 27:46And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken 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 →