Psalms 88:14
LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
In Context
13But unto thee, O LORD, have I cried, and in the morning shall my prayer come before thee.
15I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
Cross References
Job 13:24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
Psalms 13:1How long, O LORD, wilt thou forget me for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Psalms 44:9But now thou hast cast us off, and brought us to dishonour; and goest not forth with our hosts.
Psalms 69:17And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in distress; answer me speedily.
Matthew 27:46And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? 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 →