Psalms 88:1
(88-1) A Song, a Psalm of the sons of Korah; for the Leader; upon Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. (88-2) O LORD, God of my salvation, what time I cry in the night before Thee,
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:
In Context
2(88-3) Let my prayer come before Thee, incline Thine ear unto my cry.
Cross References
Genesis 49:18I wait for Thy salvation, O Lord.
1 Kings 5:11(5-25) And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of beaten oil; thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year.
1 Chronicles 6:18(6-3) And the sons of Kohath were Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
Psalms 22:2(22-3) O my God, I call by day, but Thou answerest not; and at night, and there is no surcease for me.
Psalms 27:1A Psalm of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
Psalms 42:1BOOK II (42-1) For the Leader; Maschil of the sons of Korah. (42-2) As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after Thee, O God.
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 →