Psalm 88:1
New International Version
A song. A psalm of the Sons of Korah. For the director of music. According to mahalath leannoth. A maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. LORD, you are the God who saves me; day and night I cry out to you.

New Living Translation
O LORD, God of my salvation, I cry out to you by day. I come to you at night.

English Standard Version
O LORD, God of my salvation, I cry out day and night before you.

Berean Standard Bible
A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choirmaster. According to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You.

King James Bible
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:

New King James Version
A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. To the Chief Musician. Set to “Mahalath Leannoth.” A Contemplation of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD, God of my salvation, I have cried out day and night before You.

New American Standard Bible
A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the music director; according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. LORD, the God of my salvation, I have cried out by day and in the night before You.

NASB 1995
A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choir director; according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD, the God of my salvation, I have cried out by day and in the night before You.

NASB 1977
O Lord, the God of my salvation, I have cried out by day and in the night before Thee.

Legacy Standard Bible
A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choir director. According to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. O Yahweh, the God of my salvation, I have cried out by day and throughout the night before You.

Amplified Bible
A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. To the Chief Musician; set to chant mournfully. A didactic or reflective poem of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD, the God of my salvation, I have cried out [for help] by day and in the night before You.

Christian Standard Bible
A song. A psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choir director: according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. † LORD, God of my salvation, I cry out before you day and night.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A song. A psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choir director: according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. LORD, God of my salvation, I cry out before You day and night.

American Standard Version
A Song, a Psalm of the sons of Korah; for the Chief Musician; set to Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. O Jehovah, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
LORD JEHOVAH, God of my salvation, in the daytime I have cried and before you in the nighttime.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
A song of a Psalm for the sons of Core for the end, upon Maeleth for responsive strains, of instruction for Aeman the Israelite. O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried by day and in the night before thee.

Contemporary English Version
You keep me safe, LORD God. So when I pray at night,

Douay-Rheims Bible
A canticle of a psalm for the sons of Core: unto the end, for Maheleth, to answer understanding of Eman the Ezrahite. O Lord, the God of my salvation: I have cried in the day, and in the night before thee.

English Revised Version
A Song, a Psalm of the sons of Korah; for the Chief Musician; set to Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
[A song; a psalm by Korah's descendants; for the choir director; according to [mahalath leannoth]; a [maskil] by Heman the Ezrahite.] O LORD God, my savior, I cry out to you during the day and at night.

Good News Translation
LORD God, my savior, I cry out all day, and at night I come before you.

International Standard Version
LORD, God of my salvation, by day and by night I cry out before you.

JPS Tanakh 1917
A Song, a Psalm of the sons of Korah; for the Leader; upon Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD, God of my salvation, What time I cry in the night before Thee,

Literal Standard Version
A SONG. A PSALM OF THE SONS OF KORAH. TO THE OVERSEER. [SET] ON “SICKNESS TO AFFLICT.” AN INSTRUCTION OF HEMAN THE EZRAHITE. O YHWH, God of my salvation, | Daily I have cried, nightly before You,

Majority Standard Bible
A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choirmaster. According to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You.

New American Bible
LORD, the God of my salvation, I call out by day; at night I cry aloud in your presence.

NET Bible
A song, a psalm written by the Korahites; for the music director; according to the machalath-leannoth style; a well-written song by Heman the Ezrachite. O LORD God who delivers me! By day I cry out and at night I pray before you.

New Revised Standard Version
O LORD, God of my salvation, when, at night, I cry out in your presence,

New Heart English Bible
[A Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "The Suffering of Affliction." A contemplation by Heman, the Ezrahite.] LORD, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you.

Webster's Bible Translation
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:

World English Bible
A Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “The Suffering of Affliction.” A contemplation by Heman, the Ezrahite. Yahweh, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you.

Young's Literal Translation
A Song, a Psalm, by sons of Korah, to the Overseer, 'Concerning the Sickness of Afflictions.' -- An instruction, by Heman the Ezrahite. O Jehovah, God of my salvation, Daily I have cried, nightly before Thee,

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Context
Day and Night I Cry Out Before You
1A song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choirmaster. According to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You. 2May my prayer come before You; incline Your ear to my cry.…

Cross References
Luke 18:7
Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He continue to defer their help?

1 Kings 4:31
He was wiser than all men--wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and wiser than Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. And his fame spread throughout the surrounding nations.

1 Chronicles 2:6
The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara--five in all.

Psalm 22:2
I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.

Psalm 24:5
He will receive blessing from the LORD and vindication from the God of his salvation.

Psalm 27:9
Hide not Your face from me, nor turn away Your servant in anger. You have been my helper; do not leave me or forsake me, O God of my salvation.

Psalm 86:3
Be merciful to me, O Lord, for I call to You all day long.


Treasury of Scripture

O lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you:

A.

Psalm 53:1
To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, A Psalm of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.

Heman

1 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.

1 Chronicles 2:6
And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.

Lord

Psalm 27:1,9
A Psalm of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? …

Psalm 51:14
Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

Psalm 62:7
In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.

I have

Psalm 22:2
O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.

Psalm 86:3
Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily.

Nehemiah 1:6
Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.

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Psalm 88
1. A prayer containing a grievous complaint.














Verse 1. - O Lord God of my salvation. This is the one "word of trust," which some get rid of by an emendation. But the Septuagint supports the existing Hebrew text; and it is in harmony with the rest of Scripture. The saints of God never despair. I have cried day and night before thee; literally, by day have I cried - by night before thee; a trembling, gasping utterance (Kay).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
A Song.
שִׁ֥יר (šîr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7892: A song, singing

A Psalm
מִזְמ֗וֹר (miz·mō·wr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4210: Instrumental music, a poem set to notes

of the sons
לִבְנֵ֫י (liḇ·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of Korah.
קֹ֥רַח (qō·raḥ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 7141: Korah -- an Edomite name, also an Israelite name

For the choirmaster.
לַמְנַצֵּ֣חַ (lam·naṣ·ṣê·aḥ)
Preposition-l, Article | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5329: To glitter from afar, to be eminent, to be permanent

According to
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

Mahalath
מָחֲלַ֣ת (mā·ḥă·laṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4257: Machalath'

Leannoth.
לְעַנּ֑וֹת (lə·‘an·nō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's 6031: To be bowed down or afflicted

A Maskil
מַ֝שְׂכִּ֗יל (maś·kîl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4905: Instructive, a didactic poem

of Heman
לְהֵימָ֥ן (lə·hê·mān)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1968: Heman -- an Israelite name

the Ezrahite.
הָאֶזְרָחִֽי׃ (hā·’ez·rā·ḥî)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 250: Ezrahite -- a descendant of Zerah

O LORD,
יְ֭הוָה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

the God
אֱלֹהֵ֣י (’ĕ·lō·hê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

of my salvation,
יְשׁוּעָתִ֑י (yə·šū·‘ā·ṯî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 3444: Something saved, deliverance, aid, victory, prosperity

day
יוֹם־ (yō·wm-)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day

and night
בַלַּ֣יְלָה (ḇal·lay·lāh)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3915: A twist, night, adversity

I cry out
צָעַ֖קְתִּי (ṣā·‘aq·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 6817: To shriek, to proclaim

before You.
נֶגְדֶּֽךָ׃ (neḡ·de·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5048: A front, part opposite, a counterpart, mate, over against, before


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