Psalms 88 · Verse 14

Psalms 88:14

Lord, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
Psalms 88:14, King James Version

Psalms 88:14 in other translations

BSBWhy, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me?
WEBLORD, why do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your face from me?
ASVJehovah, why castest thou off my soul? Why hidest thou thy face from me?
YLTWhy, O Jehovah, castest Thou off my soul? Thou hidest Thy face from me.
DARBYWhy, O Jehovah, castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
BBELord, why have you sent away my soul? why is your face covered from me?
WebsterLORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?

What does Psalms 88:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
14. On the terms (Psa 27:9; 74:1; 77:7).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 Why 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?

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 88:10-18

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…

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Psalms 88:14 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לָמָ֣הla.Mah<to> why?H4100
יְ֭הוָהYah.wehO YahwehH3068
תִּזְנַ֣חtiz.Nachdo you rejectH2186
נַפְשִׁ֑יnaf.Shiself myH5315
תַּסְתִּ֖ירtas.Tirdo you hide?H5641
פָּנֶ֣יךָpa.Nei.khaface yourH6440
מִמֶּֽנִּי\׃mi.Me.nifrom meH4480

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 88:14

  • Job 13:24

    Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?

  • Psalms 13:1

    To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

  • Psalms 43:2

    For 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 44:24

    Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

  • Matthew 27:46

    And 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 77:7-9

    Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more? Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore? Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.

  • Psalms 44:9

    But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.

  • Psalms 69:17

    And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Lord.
43:2; 77:7-9; Mt 27:46
hidest.
13:1; 44:24; 69:17; Job 13:24

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 88:13

    But unto thee have I cried, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.

  • Psalms 88:14

    Lord, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?

  • Psalms 88:15

    I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.

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Psalms 88:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
¿Por qué, oh Jehová, desechas mi alma? ¿por qué escondes de mí tu rostro?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Mais moi, Éternel! je crie à toi, et dès le matin ma prière te prévient.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Warum, Jehova, verwirfst du meine Seele, verbirgst dein Angesicht vor mir?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
tuum brachium cum potentia. Firmetur manus tua, et exaltetur dextera tua: