Psalms 88:14

Psalms 88:14 in other versions

• New International Version (NIV)Why, Lord, do you reject me and hide your face from me?
• English Standard Version (ESV)O Lord, why do you cast my soul away? Why do you hide your face from me?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Lord, why do You cast off my soul? Why do You hide Your face from me?
• New Living Translation (NLT)O Lord, why do you reject me? Why do you turn your face from me?

Context of Psalms 88:14

12Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? 13But unto thee have I cried, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee. Lord, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me? 15I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted. 16Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.

Psalms 88:14 word by word

לָמָ֣ה יְ֭הוָה תִּזְנַ֣ח נַפְשִׁ֑י תַּסְתִּ֖יר פָּנֶ֣יךָ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃Read the interlinear

• Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• why castest thou offזָנַחzânach · to rejectH2186
• my soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
• hidestסָתַרsâthar · to hideH5641
• thou thy faceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440

Cross-references for Psalms 88:14

• Psalms 43:2For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
• Psalms 77:7Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?
• 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 hast thou forsaken me?
• Psalms 13:1How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
• Psalms 44:24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
• Psalms 69:17And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.
• Job 13:24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?

Commentaries on Psalms 88:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Why castest thou off my soul? - Instead of my soul, several of the ancient Versions have my prayer. Why dost thou refuse to hear me, and thus abandon me to death?Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Lord, why castest thou off my soul? - Why dost thou forsake or abandon me? Why is it that thou dost not interpose, since thou hast all power, and since thou art a God of mercy? Why dost thou not deliver me from my troubles? How often are good people constrained to ask this question! How often does this language express exactly what is passing in their minds! How difficult, too, it is to answer the question, and to see why that God who has all power, and…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-18Verses 10-18 Departed souls may declare God's faithfulness, justice, and lovingkindness; but deceased bodies can neither receive God's favours in comfort, nor return them in praise. The psalmist resolved to continue in prayer, and the more so, because deliverance did not come speedily. Though our prayers are not soon answered, yet we must not give over praying. The greater our troubles, the more earnest and serious we should be in prayer. Nothing grieves…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-17In his third charge, the psalmist accuses the Lord of rejecting him. The force and apparent cruelty of the psalmist’s suffering overwhelm him.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. On the terms (Psa 27:9; 74:1; 77:7).Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 88:14

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Death
• Prayer

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Commentaries on Psalms 88

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings