Psalms 88:14
Lord, why doest thou reiect my soule, and hidest thy face from me?
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
In Context
13But vnto thee haue I cryed, O Lord, and early shall my prayer come before thee.
15I am afflicted and at the point of death: from my youth I suffer thy terrours, doubting of my life.
Cross References
Job 13:24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and takest me for thine enemie?
Psalms 13:1To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid. Howe long wilt thou forget me, O Lord, for euer? howe long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Psalms 44:9But now thou art farre off, and puttest vs to confusion, and goest not forth with our armies.
Psalms 69:17And hide not thy face from thy seruant, for I am in trouble: make haste and heare me.
Matthew 27:46And about ye ninth houre Iesus cryed with a loud voyce, saying, Eli, Eli, lamasabachthani? that is, 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 →