Psalms

Psalm 88:13–14

13But to You, O LORD, I cry for help;

in the morning my prayer comes before You.

14Why, O LORD, do You reject me?

Why do You hide Your face from me?

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Psalm 88:13

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Butוַאֲנִ֤י׀wa·’ă·nîConjunctive waw; Pronoun - first person common singularH589 I
to Youאֵלֶ֣יךָ’ê·le·ḵāPreposition; second person masculine singularH413 motion to
O LORDיְהוָ֣הYah·wehNoun - proper - masculine singularH3068 Yahweh
I cry for helpשִׁוַּ֑עְתִּיšiw·wa‘·tîVerb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singularH7768 cry out for help
in the morningוּ֝בַבֹּ֗קֶרū·ḇab·bō·qerConjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singularH1242 morning
my prayerתְּֽפִלָּתִ֥יtə·p̄il·lā·ṯîNoun - feminine singular construct; first person common singularH8605 prayer
comes before Youתְקַדְּמֶֽךָּ׃ṯə·qad·də·me·kāVerb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine singular; second person masculine singularH6923 come or be in front, meet

Psalm 88:14

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Whyלָמָ֣הlā·māhInterrogativeH4100 what? how? aught
O LORDיְ֭הוָהYah·wehNoun - proper - masculine singularH3068 Yahweh
do You rejectתִּזְנַ֣חtiz·naḥVerb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularH2186 reject, spurn
meנַפְשִׁ֑יnap̄·šîNoun - feminine singular construct; first person common singularH5315 soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, appetite, emotion, and passion
Why do You hideתַּסְתִּ֖ירtas·tîrVerb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singularH5641 hide, conceal
Your faceפָּנֶ֣יךָpā·ne·ḵāNoun - common plural construct; second person masculine singularH6440 face, before
from meמִמֶּֽנִּי׃mim·men·nîPreposition; first person common singularH4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not

Cross-references

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Psalm 88:13 Psalm 5:3 · Mark 1:35 · Psalm 30:2 · Psalm 119:147–148

Psalm 88:14 Job 13:24 · Psalm 13:1 · Psalm 43:2 · Psalm 44:24 · Matthew 27:46

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.