Psalm 88:14
Strong's Lexicon
Why,
לָמָ֣ה (lā·māh)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4100: interr pron 1) what, how, of what kind 1a) (interrogative) 1a1) what? 1a2) of what kind 1a3) what? (rhetorical) 1a4) whatsoever, whatever, what 1b) (adverb) 1b1) how, how now 1b2) why 1b3) how! (exclamation) 1c) (with prep) 1c1) wherein?, whereby?, wherewith?, by what means? 1c2) because of what? 1c3) the like of what? 1c3a) how much?, how many?, how often? 1c3b) for how long? 1c4) for what reason?, why?, to what purpose? 1c5) until when?, how long?, upon what?, wherefore? indef pron 2) anything, aught, what may

O LORD,
יְ֭הוָה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: Jehovah = 'the existing One' 1) the proper name of the one true God 1a) unpronounced except with the vowel pointings of H0136

do You reject
תִּזְנַ֣ח (tiz·naḥ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2186: 1) to cast off, reject, spurn 1a) (Qal) to reject 1b) (Hiphil) to forcefully reject someone 2) to stink, emit stench, become odious 2a) (Hiphil) stink (perfect)

me ?
נַפְשִׁ֑י (nap̄·šî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5315: 1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion 1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man 1b) living being 1c) living being (with life in the blood) 1d) the man himself, self, person or individual 1e) seat of the appetites 1f) seat of emotions and passions 1g) activity of mind 1g1) dubious 1h) activity of the will 1h1) dubious 1i) activity of the character 1i1) dubious

Why do You hide
תַּסְתִּ֖יר (tas·tîr)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5641: 1) to hide, conceal 1a) (Niphal) 1a1) to hide oneself 1a2) to be hidden, be concealed 1b) (Piel) to hide carefully 1c) (Pual) to be hidden carefully, be concealed 1d) (Hiphil) to conceal, hide 1e) (Hithpael) to hide oneself carefully

Your face
פָּנֶ֣יךָ (pā·ne·ḵā)
Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6440: 1) face 1a) face, faces 1b) presence, person 1c) face (of seraphim or cherubim) 1d) face (of animals) 1e) face, surface (of ground) 1f) as adv of loc/temp 1f1) before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before 1g) with prep 1g1) in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of

from me ?
מִמֶּֽנִּי׃ (mim·men·nî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 4480: prep 1) from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than 1a) from (expressing separation), off, on the side of 1b) out of 1b1) (with verbs of proceeding, removing, expelling) 1b2) (of material from which something is made) 1b3) (of source or origin) 1c) out of, some of, from (partitively) 1d) from, since, after (of time) 1e) than, more than (in comparison) 1f) from...even to, both...and, either...or 1g) than, more than, too much for (in comparisons) 1h) from, on account of, through, because (with infinitive) conj 2) that

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me?

Young's Literal Translation
Why, O Jehovah, castest Thou off my soul? Thou hidest Thy face from me.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
LORD , why do You reject me ? Why do You hide Your face from me?

New American Standard Bible
O LORD, why do You reject my soul? [Why] do You hide Your face from me?

King James Bible
LORD, why castest thou off my soul? [why] hidest thou thy face from me?
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Why, LORD, do you reject me and hide your face from me?

New Living Translation
O LORD, why do you reject me? Why do you turn your face from me?

English Standard Version
O LORD, why do you cast my soul away? Why do you hide your face from me?

New American Standard Bible
O LORD, why do You reject my soul? Why do You hide Your face from me?

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
LORD, why do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me?

International Standard Version
Why, LORD, have you rejected me? Why have you hidden your face from me?

NET Bible
O LORD, why do you reject me, and pay no attention to me?

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

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

Young's Literal Translation
Why, O Jehovah, castest Thou off my soul? Thou hidest Thy face from me.
















Cross References
Job 13:24
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?

Psalm 13:1
How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

Psalm 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?

Psalm 44:9
But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.

Psalm 44:24
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Psalm 88:13
But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.

Psalm 88:12
Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

Psalm 88:11
Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?

Psalm 88:15
I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.

Psalm 88:16
Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
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