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Psalms 88:14–15

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Lord, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
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From verse 14

  1. Job 13:24Rank 1 from verse 14
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    24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?

  2. Psalms 13:1Rank 2 from verse 14
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    1HOW long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

  3. Psalms 43:2Rank 3 from verse 14
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    2For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

  4. Psalms 44:24Rank 4 from verse 14
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    24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?

  5. Matthew 27:46Rank 5 from verse 14
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    46And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

From verse 15

  1. Job 6:4Rank 1 from verse 15
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    4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

  2. Luke 22:44Rank 2 from verse 15
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    44And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

  3. Isaiah 53:10Rank 3 from verse 15
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    10¶ Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

  4. Job 7:11–16Rank 4 from verse 15
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    11Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

    12Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?

    13When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;

    14Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:

    15So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.

    16I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.

  5. Psalms 73:14Rank 5 from verse 15
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    14For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.

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Psalms 88:14

COMBINED MEANING

castest

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Second-person singular present form of cast. Sense 1: To throw, send, put, lay, or direct a person or thing into, upon, around, toward, or away from a place, or into a stated condition. Sense 2: To put away, reject, expel, remove, overthrow, or bring down. Sense 3: To put forth or use a lot for choosing, dividing, or assigning. Sense 4: To form an object by pouring molten material into a mould. Sense 5: To shed, drop, or bring forth young, fruit, leaves, or flowers. Sense 6: To raise, form, or prepare a bank, mount, trench, or way.

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thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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soul

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Sense 1: A living person or creature; a life or self. Sense 2: The inward self distinguished from the body. Sense 3: The seat of desire or appetite.

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face

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The front of the head and its countenance or expression; the front, surface, outward appearance, presence, view, or personally known identity of a person, place, or thing.

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Psalms 88:15

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ready

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Prepared; in a state requiring no delay; willing or prompt.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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youth

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Sense 1: The period of life following childhood and preceding mature age. Sense 2: A young person or young people.

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suffer

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1. To permit, allow, let, or tolerate. 2. To endure, bear, experience, undergo, or be subjected to something.

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13But unto thee have I cried, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.

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

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

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

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