Psalm 88:14

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

Cross-reference

Psalm 88:3 Historical context

Psalm 88:3 sets the context: a soul full of troubles and near death, leading to this cry of rejection.

Psalm 13:1 Parallel

Psalm 13:1 asks the same question: 'How long will you hide your face from me?' — identical language.

Psalm 43:2 Parallel

Psalm 43:2 asks 'why have you rejected me?' — the same lament as Psalm 88:14's 'why do you cast my soul away?'

Psalm 44:24 Parallel

Psalm 44:24 also asks why God hides his face and forgets his people's misery.

Psalm 69:17 Parallel

Psalm 69:17 pleads 'Do not hide your face from your servant' — the same fear of being hidden from God.

Psalm 77:7-9 echoes the same desperate questions: will God reject forever, hide his favor, forget mercy?

Psalm 10:1 Parallel

Psalm 10:1 asks why God stands far off and hides himself in trouble — same sense of abandonment.

Psalm 44:9 Parallel

Psalm 44:9 laments that God has rejected and humbled his people — the same rejection felt here.

Psalm 44:23 Parallel

Psalm 44:23 cries 'Do not reject us forever' — matching the plea against rejection in this verse.

Psalm 89:46 Parallel

Psalm 89:46 echoes the same cry about God hiding his face, reinforcing the theme of divine abandonment in lament.

Psalm 102:2 Parallel

Psalm 102:2 pleads for God not to hide his face in distress, mirroring the psalmist's plea here.

Job 13:24 Parallel

Job 13:24 asks why God hides his face and considers Job an enemy — identical complaint.

Matthew 27:46 records Jesus' cry of forsakenness, mirroring the same anguish of divine abandonment.

Matthew 26:38 shows Jesus in deep sorrow, echoing the psalmist's anguish and prefiguring Christ's suffering.

Mark 14:33 Typology

Mark 14:33 describes Jesus' distress, paralleling the psalmist's lament and typifying messianic suffering.

Lamentations 3:56 asks God not to close his ear, contrasting with the psalmist's feeling that God hides his face.