Psalms 88:14–16
Lord, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
LORD, why castest thou off my soule? 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.
I am afflicted and ready to die, from my youth vp: while I suffer thy terrours, I am distracted.
Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
Thy fierce wrath goeth ouer me: thy terrours haue cut me off.
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From verse 14
- Psalms 13:1Rank 2 from verse 14
- Psalms 43:2Rank 3 from verse 14
- Psalms 44:24Rank 4 from verse 14
- Matthew 27:46Rank 5 from verse 14
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?
46And about the ninth houre, Iesus cried with a loud voyce, saying, Eli, Eli, Lamasabachthani, that is to say, *My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken mee?
- Psalms 44:9Rank 6 from verse 14
- Psalms 69:17Rank 7 from verse 14
- Psalms 77:7–9Rank 8 from verse 14
7Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?
8Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?
9Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.
7Will the LORD cast off for euer? and will hee be fauourable no more?
8†Is his mercy cleane gone for euer? doth his promise faile for euermore?
9Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut vp his tender mercies? Selah.
From verse 15
- Luke 22:44Rank 2 from verse 15
- Isaiah 53:10Rank 3 from verse 15
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.
10¶ ‖Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him, he hath put him to griefe: when thou shalt make his soule an offring for sinne, he shall see his seede, hee shall prolong his daies, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
- Job 7:11–16Rank 4 from verse 15
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.
11Therefore I will not refraine my mouth, I wil speake in the anguish of my spirit, I will complaine in the bitternesse of my soule.
12 Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch ouer me?
13When I say, My bed shal comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint:
14Then thou skarest mee with dreames, and terrifiest me through visions.
15So that my soule chooseth strangling: and death rather †then my life.
16I loath it, I would not liue alway: let me alone, for my dayes are vanitie.
- Psalms 73:14Rank 5 from verse 15
- Zechariah 13:7Rank 6 from verse 15
7¶ Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the Lord of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.
7¶ *Awake, O sword, against my shepheard, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hostes: smite the Shepheard, and the sheepe shalbe scattered: and I wil turne mine hand vpon the litle ones.
- Isaiah 53:3Rank 7 from verse 15
3He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
3*‖He is despised and reiected of men, a man ofsorrows, and acquainted with griefe: and we hid as it were our faces from him; hee was despised, and wee esteemed him not.
- Job 17:11–16Rank 9 from verse 15
11My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.
12They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
13If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
14I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
15And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
16They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.
11My dayes are past, my purposes are broken off, euen †the thoughts of my heart:
12They change the night into day: the light is †short, because of darknes.
13If I waite, the graue is mine house: I haue made my bedde in the darknesse.
14I haue †said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worme, Thou art my mother, and my sister.
15And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
16They shall goe downe to the barres of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.
- Psalms 22:14–15Rank 10 from verse 15
14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
15My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
14‖I am powred out like water, and all my bones are out of ioynt: my heart is like waxe, it is melted in the middest of my bowels.
15My strength is dried vp like a potsheard: and my tongue cleaueth to my iawes; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
From verse 16
- Galatians 3:13Rank 1 from verse 16
- Revelation 6:17Rank 2 from verse 16
- Daniel 9:26Rank 3 from verse 16
26And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
26‖‖And after threescore and two weekes, shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himselfe, and the people of the Prince that shall come, shall destroy the citie, and the Sanctuarie, and the ende thereof shall be with a flood, and vnto the ende of the warre desolations are determined.
- Isaiah 53:4–6Rank 4 from verse 16
4¶ Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
5But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
6All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
4¶ *Surely he hath borne our griefes, and caried our sorrowes: yet we did esteeme him striken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
5‖**†But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was vpon him, and with his stripes we are healed.
6†All we like sheepe haue gone astray: we haue turned euery one to his owne way, and the LORD hath layd on him the iniquitie of vs all.
- Isaiah 53:8Rank 5 from verse 16
8He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
8‖†He was taken from prison, and from iudgement: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the liuing, for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
- Psalms 102:10Rank 6 from verse 16
- Psalms 38:1–2Rank 7 from verse 16
- Psalms 89:46Rank 8 from verse 16
- Psalms 90:11Rank 9 from verse 16
- Psalms 90:7Rank 10 from verse 16
- Romans 8:32Rank 11 from verse 16
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Psalms 88:14
The divine name of the living God, also named JEHOVAH.
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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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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
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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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
Troubled, oppressed, chastened, or made to suffer.
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Prepared; in a state requiring no delay; willing or prompt.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: The period of life following childhood and preceding mature age. Sense 2: A young person or young people.
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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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distracted
Driven to extreme distress or confusion.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604
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Psalms 88:16
Vehement; violent; furious; rushing; impetuous.
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Fierce anger, indignation, displeasure, rage, or the punitive judgment and destructive action that proceed from it.
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Sense 1: To divide, sever, remove, or wound with a sharp instrument. Sense 2: Figuratively, to grieve deeply or bring to an end.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
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88:1O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:
88:1¶ O LORD God of my saluation, I haue cried day and night before thee.
88:2Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
88:2Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine eare vnto my cry.
88:3For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
88:3For my soule is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh vnto the graue.
88:4I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:
88:4I am counted with them that go downe into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength.
88:5Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
88:5‖Free among the dead, like the slaine that lie in the graue, whom thou remembrest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
88:6Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
88:6Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit: in darkenesse, in the deepes.
88:7Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.
88:7Thy wrath lieth hard vpon me: and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waues. Selah.
88:8Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
88:8Thou hast put away mine acquaintance farre from mee: thou hast made me an abomination vnto them: I am shut vp, and I cannot come forth.
88:9Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: Lord, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
88:9Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction, LORD, I haue called daily vpon thee: I haue stretched out my hands vnto thee.
88:10Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.
88:10Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shal the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.
88:11Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?
88:11Shall thy louing kindnesse be declared in the graue? or thy faithfulnesse in destruction?
88:12Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
88:12Shall thy wonders be knowen in the darke? and thy righteousnesse in the land of forgetfulnesse?
88:13But unto thee have I cried, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.
88:13But vnto thee haue I cried, O LORD, and in the morning shall my prayer preuent thee.
88:14Lord, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
88:14 LORD, why castest thou off my soule? why hidest thou thy face from me?
Selected passage88:15I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
88:15I am afflicted and ready to die, from my youth vp: while I suffer thy terrours, I am distracted.
Selected passage88:16Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
88:16Thy fierce wrath goeth ouer me: thy terrours haue cut me off.
Selected passage88:17They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
88:17‖They came round about mee daily like water: they compassed mee about together.
88:18Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.
88:18Louer and friend hast thou put farre from me: and mine acquaintance into darkenesse.