Psalms 88:1
O Lord my God, I cry for help in the day-time, in the night my cry is before you;
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:
In Context
2let my prayer come into your presence, incline your ear to my cry.
Cross References
Genesis 49:18I have waited for your deliverance Lord!
Psalms 22:2I cry in the day, you do not answer, I cry in the night but find no rest.
Psalms 27:1The Lord is my light and my savior; whom then should I fear? The Lord protects my life; whom then should I dread?
Psalms 42:1Like the hart which longs for brooks of water, I long for you, 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 →