Salmos 88:14

Almeida Revista e Corrigida

SENHOR, por que rejeitas a minha alma? Por que escondes de mim a tua face?

Parallel Translations

A Biblia Sagrada
SENHOR, porque rejeitas a minha alma? Por que escondes de mim a tua face?

Almeida Revista e Atualizada
Por que rejeitas, SENHOR, a minha alma e ocultas de mim o rosto?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Lord: Psalms 43:2, Psalms 77:7-9, Matthew 27:46

hidest: Psalms 13:1, Psalms 44:24, Psalms 69:17, Job 13:24

Reciprocal: Psalms 10:1 - hidest Psalms 44:9 - General Psalms 44:23 - cast Psalms 88:3 - soul Psalms 89:46 - wilt Psalms 102:2 - Hide Proverbs 18:14 - but Lamentations 3:56 - hide Matthew 26:38 - My Mark 14:33 - and began

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Lord, why castest thou off my soul?.... Here begins his prayer, which he determined to present early in the morning, and consists of expostulations, and a representation of his distressed case: this shows that he was under soul desertion, and which was what so greatly afflicted him; imagining that his soul was cast off by the Lord, and had no more share in his affection, and was no more under his care, and in his sight: such expostulations of the saints, the church, and people of God, in a like case, are elsewhere met with,

Psalms 43:3 and may be applied to Christ, when his soul was exceeding sorrowful unto death, and was made an offering for sin; and particularly when he was forsaken by his Father: the Targum is,

"why hast thou forsaken my soul?''

and rises the word "sabachtha", which Christ did when on the cross,

Matthew 27:46, the Septuagint version is,

"wherefore, O Lord, dost thou reject my prayers?''

"why hidest thou thy face from me?" which is a denial of sensible communion, a withdrawing the influences and communications of divine grace for a time; and which sometimes is the case of the best of men, as Job, David, and others; and is very grieving and distressing to them; and, for the most part, is on account of sin; it is sin which separates between God and his people, and causes him to hide his face from them, or not grant them his gracious presence: this was the case of Christ, who knew no sin, while he was suffering for the sins of his people; see Psalms 69:17 compared with Matthew 27:46.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Lord, why castest thou off my soul? - Why dost thou forsake or abandon me? Why is it that thou dost not interpose, since thou hast all power, and since thou art a God of mercy? Why dost thou not deliver me from my troubles? How often are good people constrained to ask this question! How often does this language express exactly what is passing in their minds! How difficult, too, it is to answer the question, and to see why that God who has all power, and who is infinitely benevolent, does not interpose to deliver his people in affliction! The answer to this question cannot be fully given in this world; there will be an answer furnished doubtless in the future life.

Why hidest thou thy face from me? - Why dost thou not lift up the light of thy countenance upon me, and show me thy favor? God seemed to turn away from him. He seemed unwilling even to look upon the sufferer. He permitted him to bear his sorrows, unpitied and alone.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 88:14. Why castest thou off my soul? — Instead of my soul, several of the ancient Versions have my prayer. Why dost thou refuse to hear me, and thus abandon me to death?