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Psalm 88:14–15

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Why, God, do you turn a deaf ear?

Why do you make yourself scarce?

For as long as I remember I’ve been hurting;

I’ve taken the worst you can hand out, and I’ve had it.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

O Lord, why do you cast my soul away?

Why do you hide your face from me?

Afflicted and close to death from my youth up,

I suffer your terrors; I am helpless.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Why, Lord, do you reject me

and hide your face from me?

From my youth I have suffered and been close to death;

I have borne your terrors and am in despair.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Lord, why do you reject me?

Why do you hide your face from me?

From my youth,

I have been suffering and near death.

I suffer your horrors; I am desperate.

NLTNew Living Translation

O Lord, why do you reject me?

Why do you turn your face from me?

I have been sick and close to death since my youth.

I stand helpless and desperate before your terrors.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Why do you reject my soul, O Yahweh?

Why do you hide your face from me?

I am afflicted and perishing from my youth.

I bear your terrors. I am distraught.

KJV 1900King James Version

Lord, why Castest thou off my soul?

Why hidest thou thy face from me?

I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up:

While I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.