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Psalm 88:1 KJV
Psalms · chapter 88 · verse 1
A Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite.O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:Psalm 88:1 · King James Version
Psalm 88:1 in context
1O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:
2Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
3For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- salvationyᵉshûwʻâhsomething savedH3444 →
- criedtsâʻaqto shriekH6817 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
- Godʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary senseH430 →
- dayyôwma day , whether literal , or figurativeH3117 →
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It should seem, by the titles of this and the following psalm, that Heman was the penman of the one and Ethan of the other. There were two, of these names, who were sons of Zerah the son of Judah, Ch1 2:4, Ch1 2:6.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-9