Psalms 88:14

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 13:24 : 24 Why do you hide your face and regard me as your enemy?
  • Ps 13:1 : 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?
  • Ps 43:2 : 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?
  • Ps 44:24 : 24 Why do you look the other way, and ignore the way we are oppressed and mistreated?
  • Ps 69:17 : 17 Do not ignore your servant, for I am in trouble! Answer me right away!
  • Ps 77:7-9 : 7 I asked,“Will the Lord reject me forever? Will he never again show me his favor? 8 Has his loyal love disappeared forever? Has his promise failed forever? 9 Has God forgotten to be merciful? Has his anger stifled his compassion?”(Selah)
  • Matt 27:46 : 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?”
  • Ps 44:9 : 9 But you rejected and embarrassed us! You did not go into battle with our armies.

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
    81%

    2For you are the God who shelters me. Why do you reject me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?

  • Ps 88:15-16
    2 verses
    81%

    15I 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.

    16Your anger overwhelms me; your terrors destroy me.

  • Ps 13:1-2
    2 verses
    80%

    1For 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?

    2How long must I worry, and suffer in broad daylight? How long will my enemy gloat over me?

  • Job 13:24
    80%

    24Why do you hide your face and regard me as your enemy?

  • Ps 22:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1For the music director; according to the tune“Morning Doe;” a psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? I groan in prayer, but help seems far away.

    2My God, I cry out during the day, but you do not answer, and during the night my prayers do not let up.

  • Ps 88:13
    79%

    13As for me, I cry out to you, O LORD; in the morning my prayer confronts you.

  • Ps 88:6-9
    4 verses
    78%

    6You place me in the lowest regions of the Pit, in the dark places, in the watery depths.

    7Your anger bears down on me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves.(Selah)

    8You cause those who know me to keep their distance; you make me an appalling sight to them. I am trapped and cannot get free.

    9My eyes grow weak because of oppression. I call out to you, O LORD, all day long; I spread out my hands in prayer to you.

  • Ps 42:9
    78%

    9I will pray to God, my high ridge:“Why do you ignore me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?”

  • Ps 44:23-24
    2 verses
    78%

    23Rouse yourself! Why do you sleep, O Lord? Wake up! Do not reject us forever!

    24Why do you look the other way, and ignore the way we are oppressed and mistreated?

  • Ps 89:46
    78%

    46How long, O LORD, will this last? Will you remain hidden forever? Will your anger continue to burn like fire?

  • Ps 10:1
    78%

    1Why, LORD, do you stand far off? Why do you pay no attention during times of trouble?

  • Ps 143:7-8
    2 verses
    78%

    7Answer me quickly, LORD! My strength is fading. Do not reject me, or I will join those descending into the grave.

    8May I hear about your loyal love in the morning, for I trust in you. Show me the way I should go, because I long for you.

  • Ps 27:8-9
    2 verses
    77%

    8My heart tells me to pray to you, and I do pray to you, O LORD.

    9Do not reject me! Do not push your servant away in anger! You are my deliverer! Do not forsake or abandon me, O God who vindicates me!

  • Ps 74:1
    77%

    1A well-written song by Asaph. Why, O God, have you permanently rejected us? Why does your anger burn against the sheep of your pasture?

  • Ps 88:1-3
    3 verses
    76%

    1A song, a psalm written by the Korahites; for the music director; according to the machalath-leannoth style; a well-written song by Heman the Ezrachite. O LORD God who delivers me! By day I cry out and at night I pray before you.

    2Listen to my prayer! Pay attention to my cry for help!

    3For my life is filled with troubles and I am ready to enter Sheol.

  • Job 14:13
    76%

    13The Possibility of Another Life“O that you would hide me in Sheol, and conceal me till your anger has passed! O that you would set me a time and then remember me!

  • Ps 42:11
    76%

    11Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.

  • Ps 89:49
    76%

    49Where are your earlier faithful deeds, O Lord, the ones performed in accordance with your reliable oath to David?

  • Ps 42:5
    75%

    5Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.

  • Ps 38:21
    75%

    21Do not abandon me, O LORD! My God, do not remain far away from me!

  • Ps 143:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    3Certainly my enemies chase me. They smash me into the ground. They force me to live in dark regions, like those who have been dead for ages.

    4My strength leaves me; I am absolutely shocked.

  • Ps 102:10
    74%

    10because of your anger and raging fury. Indeed, you pick me up and throw me away.

  • Ps 69:17
    74%

    17Do not ignore your servant, for I am in trouble! Answer me right away!

  • Jonah 2:4
    74%

    4I thought I had been banished from your sight, that I would never again see your holy temple!

  • Ps 86:14
    74%

    14O God, arrogant men attack me; a gang of ruthless men, who do not respect you, seek my life.

  • Ps 88:18
    74%

    18You cause my friends and neighbors to keep their distance; those who know me leave me alone in the darkness.

  • Ps 6:3
    74%

    3I am absolutely terrified, and you, LORD– how long will this continue?

  • Ps 102:2
    74%

    2Do not ignore me in my time of trouble! Listen to me! When I call out to you, quickly answer me!

  • Ps 43:5
    74%

    5Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.

  • Ps 142:4
    74%

    4Look to the right and see! No one cares about me. I have nowhere to run; no one is concerned about my life.

  • Ps 51:11
    74%

    11Do not reject me! Do not take your holy Spirit away from me!

  • Lam 3:17
    73%

    17I am deprived of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is.

  • Ps 141:8
    73%

    8Surely I am looking to you, O Sovereign LORD. In you I take shelter. Do not expose me to danger!

  • Isa 40:27
    73%

    27Why do you say, Jacob, Why do you say, Israel,“The LORD is not aware of what is happening to me, My God is not concerned with my vindication”?

  • Ps 28:1
    73%

    1By David. To you, O LORD, I cry out! My protector, do not ignore me! If you do not respond to me, I will join those who are descending into the grave.

  • Ps 31:22
    73%

    22I jumped to conclusions and said,“I am cut off from your presence!” But you heard my plea for mercy when I cried out to you for help.

  • Ps 108:11
    73%

    11Have you not rejected us, O God? O God, you do not go into battle with our armies.

  • Ps 77:7
    73%

    7I asked,“Will the Lord reject me forever? Will he never again show me his favor?