Psalm 88:14
Old Testament • 5 words with Strong's data
"LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
שָׁלַךְ
shâlak
to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
סָתַר
çâthar
to hide (by covering), literally or figuratively
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
Key Terms in This Verse
פָּנִים pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
Study H6440 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →Cross References
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?
How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily.
But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.
And 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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