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Psalms 88:1
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Psalms 88:1
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A song. A psalm of the Sons of Korah. For the director of music. According to mahalath leannoth. A maskil of Heman the Ezrahite.
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LORD, you are the God who saves me; day and night I cry out to you.
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Psalms 88:1 in Other Translations
KJV
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O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:
ESV
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O LORD, God of my salvation; I cry out day and night before you.
NLT
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O LORD, God of my salvation, I cry out to you by day. I come to you at night.
MSG
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God, you're my last chance of the day. I spend the night on my knees before you.
CSB
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Lord, God of my salvation, I cry out before You day and night.
Psalms 88:1 In-Context
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LORD, you are the God who saves me; day and night I cry out to you.
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May my prayer come before you; turn your ear to my cry.
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I am overwhelmed with troubles and my life draws near to death.
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I am counted among those who go down to the pit; I am like one without strength.
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I am set apart with the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more, who are cut off from your care.
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Psalms 51:14
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Psalms 3:4
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Psalms 22:2
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Psalms 27:9
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Luke 18:7
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[a].
In Hebrew texts 88:1-18 is numbered 88:2-19.
[b].
Title: Possibly a tune, “The Suffering of Affliction”
[c].
Title: Probably a literary or musical term
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