Psalms 88:14
LORD, why cast you off my soul? why hide you your face from me?
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
In Context
13But unto you have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent you.
15I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer your terrors I am distracted.
Cross References
Job 13:24Wherefore hide you your face, and hold me for yours enemy?
Psalms 13:1How long will you forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long will you hide your face from me?
Psalms 44:9But you have cast off, and put us to shame; and go not forth with our armies.
Psalms 69:17And hide not your face from your servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.
Matthew 27:46And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why have you 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 →