Psalms 88:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַאֲנִ֤י ׀ אֵלֶ֣יךָ יְהוָ֣ה שִׁוַּ֑עְתִּי וּ֝בַבֹּ֗קֶר תְּֽפִלָּתִ֥י תְקַדְּמֶֽךָּ׃

Transliteration

But-I to-you YHWH šiwwaʿtî and-in-the-bōqer təpillātî təqaddəmekkā

Grammar Details

*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - Yahweh/LORD
*šiwwaʿtî*: verb, Piel perfect, 1st person singular - I cry out
*bōqer*: noun, masculine, singular - morning
*təpillātî*: noun, feminine, singular with 1st person singular suffix - my prayer
*təqaddəmekkā*: verb, Piel imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - it comes before you

Word Meanings

*šiwwaʿtî*: I cry out/call for help/implore
*bōqer*: morning/daybreak/dawn
*təqaddəmekkā*: it comes before you/meets you/confronts you/comes to you

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About this Translation

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Job 13:24 : 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And holdest me for thine enemy?
Ps 13:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou forget me for ever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Ps 43:2 : 2 For thou art the God of my strength; Why hast thou cast me off? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Ps 44:24 : 24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
Ps 69:17 : 17 And hide not thy face from thy servant; For I am in distress; answer me speedily.
Ps 77:7-9 : 7 Will the Lord cast off for ever? And will he be favorable no more? 8 Is his lovingkindness clean gone for ever? Doth his promise fail for evermore? 9 Hath God forgotten to be gracious? Hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? {H5542}
Matt 27:46 : 46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
Ps 44:9 : 9 But now thou hast cast [us] off, and brought us to dishonor, And goest not forth with our hosts.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 43:2
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2For thou art the God of my strength; Why hast thou cast me off? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Ps 88:15-16
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15I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: While I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
16Thy fierce wrath is gone over me; Thy terrors have cut me off.
Ps 13:1-2
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1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou forget me for ever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
2How long shall I take counsel in my soul, Having sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
Job 13:24
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24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And holdest me for thine enemy?
Ps 22:1-2
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79%
1For the Chief Musician; set to Aijeleth hash-Shahar. A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [Why art thou so] far from helping me, [and from] the words of my groaning?
2O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest not; And in the night season, and am not silent.
Ps 88:13
79%
13But unto thee, O Jehovah, have I cried; And in the morning shall my prayer come before thee.
Ps 88:6-9
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6Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the deeps.
7Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, And thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. {H5542}
8Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me; Thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
9Mine eye wasteth away by reason of affliction: I have called daily upon thee, O Jehovah; I have spread forth my hands unto thee.
Ps 42:9
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9I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
Ps 44:23-24
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23Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? Arise, cast [us] not off for ever.
24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
Ps 89:46
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46How long, O Jehovah? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? [How long] shall thy wrath burn like fire?
Ps 10:1
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1Why standest thou afar off, O Jehovah? Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
Ps 143:7-8
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7Make haste to answer me, O Jehovah; My spirit faileth: Hide not thy face from me, Lest I become like them that go down into the pit.
8Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; For in thee do I trust: Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; For I lift up my soul unto thee.
Ps 27:8-9
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8[ When thou saidst], Seek ye my face; My heart said unto thee, Thy face, Jehovah, will I seek.
9Hide not thy face from me; Put not thy servant away in anger: Thou hast been my help; Cast me not off, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
Ps 74:1
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1Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast [us] off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
Ps 88:1-3
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1A Song, a Psalm of the sons of Korah; for the Chief Musician; set to Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. O Jehovah, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee.
2Let my prayer enter into thy presence; Incline thine ear unto my cry.
3For my soul is full of troubles, And my life draweth nigh unto Sheol.
Job 14:13
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13Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, That thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, That thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
Ps 42:11
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11Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; For I shall yet praise him, [Who is] the help of my countenance, and my God.
Ps 89:49
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49Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, Which thou swarest unto David in thy faithfulness?
Ps 42:5
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5Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And [why] art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him [For] the help of his countenance.
Ps 38:21
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21Forsake me not, O Jehovah: O my God, be not far from me.
Ps 143:3-4
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3For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; He hath smitten my life down to the ground: He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
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Ps 102:10
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10Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: For thou hast taken me up, and cast me away.
Ps 69:17
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17And hide not thy face from thy servant; For I am in distress; answer me speedily.
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Ps 86:14
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14O God, the proud are risen up against me, And a company of violent men have sought after my soul, And have not set thee before them.
Ps 88:18
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18Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, And mine acquaintance into darkness.
Ps 6:3
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Ps 102:2
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Ps 43:5
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5Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God; For I shall yet praise him, [Who is] the help of my countenance, and my God.
Ps 142:4
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4Look on [my] right hand, and see; For there is no man that knoweth me: Refuge hath failed me; No man careth for my soul.
Ps 51:11
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Lam 3:17
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Ps 141:8
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Isa 40:27
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27Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from Jehovah, and the justice [due] to me is passed away from my God?
Ps 28:1
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1[ A Psalm of David.] Unto thee, O Jehovah, will I call: My rock, be not thou deaf unto me; Lest, if thou be silent unto me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
Ps 31:22
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22As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: Nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications When I cried unto thee.
Ps 108:11
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Ps 77:7
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7Will the Lord cast off for ever? And will he be favorable no more?