Psalms 88:14

In 11 translations

BSB

Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me?

KJV

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

WEB

Yahweh, why do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your face from me?

ASV

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

LSV

Why, O YHWH, do You cast off my soul? You hide Your face from me.

YLT

Why, O Jehovah, castest Thou off my soul? Thou hidest Thy face from me.

DBY

Why, O Jehovah, castest thou off my soul? [why] hidest thou thy face from me?

DRC87:15

Lord, why castest thou off my prayer: why turnest thou away thy face from me?

GNV

Lord, why doest thou reiect my soule, and hidest thy face from me?

JPS88:15

LORD, why castest Thou off my soul? Why hidest Thou Thy face from me?

LXXE87:15

Wherefore, O Lord, dost thou reject my prayer, and turn thy face away from me?Heb. and Alex. soul.

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Original-language editions

WLC88:15

לָמָ֣ה יְ֭הוָה תִּזְנַ֣ח נַפְשִׁ֑י תַּסְתִּ֖יר פָּנֶ֣יךָ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃KJV:Ps.88.14

LXX-Br87:15

Ἱνατί Κύριε ἀπωθεῖς τὴν προσευχήν μου, ἀποστρέφεις τὸ πρόσωπόν σου ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ;

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Cross-references most cited first

• Job 13:24Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?
• Psalms 13:1How long, O 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 affliction and oppression?
• Psalms 43:2For You are the God of my refuge. Why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?
• Matthew 27:46About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”
• Psalms 77:7–9“Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again? Is His loving devotion gone forever? Has His promise failed for all time? Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has His anger shut off His compassion?” Selah
• Psalms 44:9But You have rejected and humbled us; You no longer go forth with our armies.
• Psalms 69:17Hide not Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress. Answer me quickly!

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