Psalms 88:1
“A song or psalm of the sons of Korach, to the chief musician upon Machalath-le'annoth, a Maskil of Heman the Ezrachite.” (88:2) O Lord the God of my salvation, by day do I cry, [and] at night I am before thee.
Leeser Tanakh
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 unto thy presence; incline thy ear unto my entreaty.
Cross References
Genesis 49:18For thy salvation, I hope, O Lord.
1 Kings 5:11(5:25) And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand kors of wheat as provision for his household, and twenty kors of beaten oil: thus did Solomon give to Hiram year by year.
1 Chronicles 6:18(6:3) And the sons of Kehath were, 'Amram, and Yizhar, and Chebron, and 'Uzziel.
Psalms 22:2(22:3) O my God! I call in the day-time, but thou answerest not; and in the night I find no rest.
Psalms 27:1“Of David.” The Lord is my light and my salvation; of whom shall I be afraid? the Lord is the fortress of my life; of whom shall I have dread?
Psalms 42:1BOOK SECOND: “To the chief musician, a Maskil, for the sons of Korach.” (42:2) As a hart panteth after brooks of water, 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 →