Psalms 88:13

\88:12\May there be knowledge of your wonders in the dark? or of your righteousness where memory is dead?

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.

In Context

12\88:11\Will the story of your mercy be given in the house of the dead? will news of your faith come to the place of destruction?

14\88:13\But to you did I send up my cry, O Lord; in the morning my prayer came before you.

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Cross References

Job 10:21Before I go to the place from which I will not come back, to the land where all is dark and black,

Psalms 5:3\5:2\Let the voice of my cry come to you, my King and my God; for to you will I make my prayer.

Psalms 119:147Before the sun is up, my cry for help comes to your ear; my hope is in your words.

Lamentations 3:56My voice came to you; let not your ear be shut to my breathing, to my cry.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 88:11-18

Pleading with God. 10 Wilt thou show wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah. 11 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction? 12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? 13 But unto thee have I cried, O Lord ; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee. 14 Lord , why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me? 15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer… Read the whole commentary →

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