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Psalms 88:14

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

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 88:15.

לָמָ֣הlamahto howמָהpreposition, particle, interrogative — “to how”H4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senseshow (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.יְ֭הוָהyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).תִּזְנַ֣חtiznachcast awayזָנַחverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “cast away”, an unfinished actionH2186reject, forsake, failcast away (off), remove far away (off).נַפְשִׁ֑יnafshicreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “creature”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…תַּסְתִּ֖ירtastirhideסָתַרverb, hiphil, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “hide”, an unfinished actionH5641to hide (by covering), literally or figurativelybe absent, keep close, conceal, hide (self), (keep) secret, [idiom] surely.פָּנֶ֣יךָpaneykhaa- foreפָּנִיםnoun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “a- fore”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6440the 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.)[phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-…מִמֶּֽנִּיmimenifromמִןpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(88-15) LORD, why castest Thou off my soul? Why hidest Thou Thy face from me?

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

Why, O Jehovah, castest Thou off my soul? Thou hidest Thy face from me.

World English Bible

Yahweh, why do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your face from me?

Darby Translation

Why, O Jehovah, castest thou off my soul? [why] hidest thou thy face from me?

Douay-Rheims

Thy arm is with might. Let thy hand be strengthened, and thy right hand exalted:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(88-15) LORD, why castest Thou off my soul? Why hidest Thou Thy face from me?

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Wherefore, O Lord, dost thou reject my prayer, and turn thy face away from me?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἱνατί Κύριε ἀπωθεῖς τὴν προσευχήν μου, ἀποστρέφεις τὸ πρόσωπόν σου ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ;