Psalms 88:14 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁴LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?

Psalms 88:14 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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?
Psalms 69:17
And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities Blessing Dead (people)Death Dying Enquiring of God Importunity Life

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 10-18)

In these verses, I. The psalmist expostulates with God concerning the present deplorable condition he was in (Ps. 88:10-12): “ Wilt thou do a miraculous work to the dead, and raise them to life again? Shall those that are dead and buried rise up to praise thee? No; they leave it to their children to rise up in their room to praise God; none expects that they should do it; and wherefore should they…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 14)

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