Psalms 88:14

Lord, why castest thou off my soul?.... Here begins his prayer, which he determined to present early in the morning, and consists of expostulations, and a representation of his distressed case: this…

Lord, why castest thou off my soul? - Why dost thou forsake or abandon me? Why is it that thou dost not interpose, since thou hast all power, and since thou art a God of mercy? Why dost thou not…

In these verses,

I. The psalmist expostulates with God concerning the present deplorable condition he was in (Psa 88:10-12): "Wilt thou do a miraculous work to the dead, and raise them to life again?…

Questions of surprise and expostulation. Cp. Psa 74:1; Psa 77:7. For the second line cp. Job 13:24; Psa 13:1. God "shuts out his prayer," Lam 3:8.