88 1 A grievous complaint of the faithful, sore afflicted by sickness, persecutions and adversity, 7 Being as it were left of God without any consolation. 13 Yet he calleth on God by faith, and striveth against desperation. 18 Complaining himself to be forsaken of all earthly help.

A song or Psalm of (A)Heman the Ezrahite to give instruction, committed to the sons of Korah for him that excelleth upon Mahalath [a]Leannoth.

O Lord God of my salvation, I cry day and night [b]before thee.

Let my prayer enter into thy presence: incline thine ear unto my cry.

For my soul is filled with evils, and my life draweth near to the grave.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 88:1 That is, to humble. It was the beginning of a song, by the tune whereof this Psalm was sung.
  2. Psalm 88:1 Though many cry in their sorrows, yet they cry not earnestly to God for remedy, as he did whom he confessed to be the author of his salvation.

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