Parallel Verses
NET Bible
O Lord, why do you reject me, and pay no attention to me?
New American Standard Bible
Why do You
King James Version
LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
Holman Bible
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?
A Conservative Version
LORD, why do thou cast off my soul? Why do thou hide thy face from me?
American Standard Version
Jehovah, why castest thou off my soul? Why hidest thou thy face from me?
Amplified
O Lord, why do You reject me?
Why do You hide Your face from me?
Bible in Basic English
Lord, why have you sent away my soul? why is your face covered from me?
Darby Translation
Why, O Jehovah, castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
Julia Smith Translation
Wherefore, O Jehovah, wilt thou cast off my soul? wilt thou hide thy face from me?
King James 2000
LORD, why cast you off my soul? why hide you your face from me?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Why do you reject my soul, O Yahweh? [Why] do you hide your face from me?
Modern King James verseion
O Jehovah, why do You cast off my soul? Why do You hide Your face from me?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
LORD, why abhorrest thou my soul, and hidest thou thy face from me?
New Heart English Bible
LORD, why do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your face from me?
The Emphasized Bible
Wherefore, O Yahweh, shouldst thou reject my soul? shouldst thou hide thy face from me?
Webster
LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
World English Bible
Yahweh, why do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your face from me?
Youngs Literal Translation
Why, O Jehovah, castest Thou off my soul? Thou hidest Thy face from me.
Themes
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 88:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Cry Of Desperation
13 As for me, I cry out to you, O Lord; in the morning my prayer confronts you. 14 O Lord, why do you reject me, and pay no attention to me? 15 I am oppressed and have been on the verge of death since my youth. I have been subjected to your horrors and am numb with pain.
Phrases
Cross References
Job 13:24
Why do you hide your face and regard me as your enemy?
Psalm 13:1
For the music director; a psalm of David. How long, Lord, will you continue to ignore me? How long will you pay no attention to me?
Psalm 43:2
For you are the God who shelters me. Why do you reject me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?
Psalm 44:24
Why do you look the other way, and ignore the way we are oppressed and mistreated?
Psalm 44:9
But you rejected and embarrassed us! You did not go into battle with our armies.
Psalm 69:17
Do not ignore your servant, for I am in trouble! Answer me right away!
Psalm 77:7-9
I asked, "Will the Lord reject me forever? Will he never again show me his favor?
Matthew 27:46
At about three o'clock Jesus shouted with a loud voice, "Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?" that is, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"