Psalms 88:1
A Song. A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah. To the chief music-maker; put to Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil. Of Heman the Ezrahite.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:
In Context
2\88:1\O Lord, God of my salvation, I have been crying to you for help by day and by night:
Cross References
Genesis 49:18I have been waiting for your salvation, O Lord.
1 Kings 5:11And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of grain, as food for his people, and twenty measures of clear oil; this he did every year.
1 Chronicles 6:18And the sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
Psalms 22:2\22:1\My God, my God, why are you turned away from me? why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my crying?
Psalms 27:1Of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation; who is then a cause of fear to me? the Lord is the strength of my life; who is a danger to me?
Psalms 42:1To the chief music-maker. Maschil. Of the sons of Korah.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 88:1
This psalm is a lamentation, one of the most melancholy of all the psalms; and it does not conclude, as usually the melancholy psalms do, with the least intimation of comfort or joy, but, from first to last, it is mourning and woe. It is not upon a public account that the psalmist here complains (here is no mention of the afflictions of the church), but only upon a personal account, especially trouble of mind, and the grief impressed upon his spirits both by his outward afflictions and by the remembrance of his… Read the whole commentary →