Psalms 88:2
\88:1\O Lord, God of my salvation, I have been crying to you for help by day and by night:
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
In Context
3\88:2\Let my prayer come before you; give ear to my cry:
Cross References
1 Kings 8:31If a man does wrong to his neighbour, and has to take an oath, and comes before your altar to take his oath in this house:
Psalms 31:2\31:1\In you, O Lord, have I put my hope; let me never be shamed; keep me safe in your righteousness.
Psalms 86:3Have mercy on me, O Lord; for my cry goes up to you all the day.
Psalms 141:1A Psalm. Of David. Lord, I have made my cry to you; come to me quickly; give ear to my voice, when it goes up to you.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 88:2-10
Sorrowful Complaints; Complaining to God. 1 O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee: 2 Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry; 3 For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave. 4 I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength: 5 Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand. 6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in… Read the whole commentary →