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Psalms 88:14 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 88:14Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 88:147 words
HebrewMeaning
וַ/אֲנִ֤יwaʾăniy
and IconjH589
me · mine · myself · we ···
אֵלֶ֣י/ךָʾēleykā
to youpronH413
according to · after · against · among ···
יְהוָ֣הyəhwāh
O YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
שִׁוַּ֑עְתִּיšiwaʿətiy
I cry for helpverbH7768
out) · shout
וּ֝/בַ/בֹּ֗קֶרwbabōqer
and in the morningconjH1242
early · morning · morrow
תְּֽפִלָּתִ֥/יtəpilātiy
prayer mynounH8605
תְקַדְּמֶֽ/ךָּtəqadəmekā
it comes to meet youverbH6923
) before · disappoint · meet · prevent
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 88:14

1. The Title of this eighty-seventh Psalm contains a fresh subject for enquiry: the words occurring here, “for Melech to respond,” being nowhere else found. We have already given our opinion on the meaning of the titles Psalmus Cantici and Canticum Psalmi: and the words, “sons of Core,” are constantly repeated, and have often been explained: so also “to the end;” but what comes next in this title is peculiar. For “Melech” we may translate into Latin “for the chorus,” for…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 88 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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