New International Version
Psalms 88:14
14Why, Lord, do you reject me and hide your face from me?
Psalms 88:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Lord, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy 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
12Are your wonders known in the place of darkness, or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion? 13But I cry to you for help, Lord; in the morning my prayer comes before you. Why, Lord, do you reject me and hide your face from me? 15From my youth I have suffered and been close to death; I have borne your terrors and am in despair. 16Your wrath has swept over me; your terrors have destroyed me.
Read all of Psalms 88Psalms 88:14 word by word
לָמָ֣ה יְ֭הוָה תִּזְנַ֣ח נַפְשִׁ֑י תַּסְתִּ֖יר פָּנֶ֣יךָ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 88:14
- Psalms 43:2You are God my stronghold. Why have you rejected me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy?
- Psalms 77:7“Will the Lord reject forever? Will he never show his favor again?
- Matthew 27:46About three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”).
- Psalms 13:1How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
- Psalms 44:24Why do you hide your face and forget our misery and oppression?
- Psalms 69:17Do not hide your face from your servant; answer me quickly, for I am in trouble.
- Job 13:24Why do you hide your face and consider me your 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
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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
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