14 O Lord, why (A)do you cast my soul away?
    Why (B)do you hide your face from me?
15 Afflicted and close to death from my youth up,
    I suffer your terrors; I am helpless.[a]
16 Your wrath has swept over me;
    your (C)dreadful assaults destroy me.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 88:15 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain

14 Why, Lord, do you reject(A) me
    and hide your face(B) from me?

15 From my youth(C) I have suffered(D) and been close to death;
    I have borne your terrors(E) and am in despair.(F)
16 Your wrath(G) has swept over me;
    your terrors(H) have destroyed me.

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