Psalms 88:1
The understanding of Ethan the Ezrahite.
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O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:
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Cross References
Genesis 49:18I will wait for your salvation, O Lord.
1 Kings 5:11Then Solomon offered to Hiram twenty thousand cor of wheat, as food for his house, and twenty cor of the purest oil. These things Solomon gave as a tribute to Hiram every year.
1 Chronicles 6:18The sons of Kohath: Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
Psalms 22:2He has settled me here, in a place of pasture. He has led me out to the water of refreshment.
Psalms 27:1A Psalm of David himself. To you, Lord, I will cry out. My God, do not be silent toward me. For if you remain silent toward me, I will become like those who descend into the pit.
Psalms 42:1A Psalm of David. Judge me, O God, and discern my cause from that of a nation not holy; rescue me from a man unjust and deceitful.
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 →