Psalms 88:1
A canticle of a psalm for the sons of Core: unto the end, for Maheleth, to answer understanding of Eman the Ezrahite.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:
In Context
2O Lord, the God of my salvation: I have cried in the day, and in the night before thee.
Cross References
Genesis 49:18Let Dan be a snake in the way, a serpent in the path, that biteth the horse's heels that his rider may fall backward.
1 Kings 5:11And Solomon allowed Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat, for provision for his house, and twenty measures of the purest oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram every year.
1 Chronicles 6:18The sons of Caath : Amram, and Isaar, and Hebron, and Oziel.
Psalms 22:2O God my God, look upon me: why hast thou forsaken me? Far from my salvation are the words of my sins.
Psalms 27:1The psalm of David before he was anointed. The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? The Lord is the protector of my life: of whom shall I be afraid?
Psalms 42:1Unto the end, understanding for the sons of Core.
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 →