Psalms 88:1
O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:
2 Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
3 For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You.
- KJV
- O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:
- WEB
- LORD, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you.
- ASV
- O Jehovah, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee.
- DARBY
- {A Song, a Psalm for the sons of Korah. To the chief Musician. Upon Mahalath Leannoth. An instruction. Of Heman the Ezrahite.} Jehovah, God of my salvation, I have cried by day [and] in the night before thee.
- BLB
- A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah, for the one directing. According to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. <span class=|reftext|><a href=|#|><b>1</b></a> O YHWH, God of my salvation, [by] day I have cried out, [and] in the night before You.
- ÅB
- Herre, min frelses Gud! Om dagen og om natten roper jeg for deg.
- OTB
- Herre, min frelses Gud,
Jeg har ropt ut om dagen og om natten foran deg. - B1930
- Herre, min frelses Gud! Om dagen og om natten roper jeg for dig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 12:2
Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
Read in contextPsalms 22:2
O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
Read in contextLuke 18:7
And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
Read in contextPsalms 86:3
Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily.
Read in contextGenesis 49:18
I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
Read in context1 Kings 4:31
For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about.
Read in contextTitus 3:4–7
But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,
Read in contextPsalms 27:9
Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
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