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Psalms 88:14

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

KJV

tuum brachium cum potentia. Firmetur manus tua, et exaltetur dextera tua :

Vulgate

σὸς ὁ βραχίων μετὰ δυναστείας· κραταιωθήτω ἡ χείρ σου, ὑψωθήτω ἡ δεξιά σου.

LXX

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

ASV

וַ/אֲנִ֤י אֵלֶ֣י/ךָ יְהוָ֣ה שִׁוַּ֑עְתִּי וּ֝/בַ/בֹּ֗קֶר תְּֽפִלָּתִ֥/י תְקַדְּמֶֽ/ךָּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲנִ֥י
'ny
pronoun · 862×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
בֹּ֔קֶר
bqr
noun · 214×
י
y
noun · 77×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
נִי
ny
verb · 26×
שִׁוַּ֖עְתִּי
shv'ty
verb · 21×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Job 13:24 — Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
  • Job 13:24 — Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
  • Matt 26:38 — Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
  • Prov 18:14 — The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
  • Ps 10:1 — Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
  • Ps 13:1 — How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
  • Ps 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?
  • Ps 44:23 — Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
  • Ps 44:24 — Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
  • Ps 88:3 — For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
  • Ps 89:46 — How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire?