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Psalms 88:14

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

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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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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