Psalm 88 (JND) - Bible Truth Library

or, A Psalm of Heman the Ezrahite, givinginstruction. Supposed to have been written by Heman, son of Zerah, and grandson of Judah, on the oppression of the Hebrews in Egypt.Heman.

1 Kings 4:31• ³¹For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was in all the nations round about. (1 Kings 4:31)

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1 Chron. 2:6• ⁶And the sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all. (1 Chron. 2:6)

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Psa. 27:1,9• ¹A Psalm of David. Jehovah is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
⁹Hide not thy face from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; cast me not off, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation. (Psa. 27:1,9)

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Psa. 51:14• ¹⁴Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. (Psa. 51:14)

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Psa. 62:7• ⁷With God is my salvation and my glory; the rock of my strength, my refuge is in God. (Psa. 62:7)

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Psa. 65:5• ⁵By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation, thou confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of the distant regions of the sea. … (Psa. 65:5)

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Psa. 68:19• ¹⁹Blessed be the Lord: day by day doth he load us with good, the *God who is our salvation. Selah. (Psa. 68:19)

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Psa. 79:9• ⁹Help us, O God of our salvation, because of the glory of thy name; and deliver us, and forgive our sins, for thy name's sake. (Psa. 79:9)

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Psa. 140:7• ⁷Jehovah, the Lord, is the strength of my salvation: thou hast covered my head in the day of battle. (Psa. 140:7)

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Gen. 49:18• ¹⁸I wait for thy salvation, O Jehovah. (Gen. 49:18)

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Isa. 12:2• ²Behold, *God is my salvation: I will trust, and not be afraid; for Jah, Jehovah, is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation. (Isa. 12:2)

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Luke 1:47• ⁴⁷and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Saviour. (Luke 1:47)

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Luke 2:30• ³⁰for mine eyes have seen thy salvation, (Luke 2:30)

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Titus 2:10,13• ¹⁰not robbing their masters, but shewing all good fidelity, that they may adorn the teaching which is of our Saviour God in all things.
¹³awaiting the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ; (Titus 2:10,13)

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Titus 3:4‑7• ⁴But when the kindness and love to man of our Saviour God appeared,
⁵not on the principle of works which have been done in righteousness which *we* had done, but according to his own mercy he saved us through the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,
⁶which he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
⁷that, having been justified by *his* grace, we should become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. (Titus 3:4‑7)

I have.

Psa. 22:2• ²My God, I cry by day, and thou answerest not; and by night, and there is no rest for me: (Psa. 22:2)

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Psa. 86:3• ³Be gracious unto me, O Lord; for unto thee do I call all the day. (Psa. 86:3)

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Neh. 1:6• ⁶Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, to hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, confessing the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned. (Neh. 1:6)

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Isa. 62:6• ⁶I have set watchmen upon thy walls, Jerusalem; all the day and all the night they shall never hold their peace: ye that put Jehovah in remembrance, keep not silence, (Isa. 62:6)

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Luke 2:37• ³⁷and herself a widow up to eighty-four years; who did not depart from the temple, serving night and day with fastings and prayers; (Luke 2:37)

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Luke 18:7• ⁷And shall not God at all avenge his elect, who cry to him day and night, and he bears long as to them? (Luke 18:7)

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1 Thess. 3:10• ¹⁰night and day beseeching exceedingly to the end that we may see your face, and perfect what is lacking in your faith? (1 Thess. 3:10)

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2 Tim. 1:3• ³I am thankful to God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, how unceasingly I have the remembrance of thee in my supplications night and day, (2 Tim. 1:3)

• Book 3. Series 2. Appendix Psalm. (““The Placement of the Psalms in Prophecy”” by B. Anstey)

• God is known and looked to according to His revealed name as the only Savior, and it is just to this point that the soul is brought by the exercises spoken of in the psalm; cast by the pressure of all around to find it comes from God's hand, and more yet, God's judgment so as to be therein a pure and sovereign salvation from Him. Jehovah, God of my salvation, governs the psalm. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 88-89” by J.N. Darby)

• The psalm depicts the deep distress of a godly soul who is learning in his conscience the reality and horror of God’s wrath against sin, and a broken law. (“Psalms 88” by H. Smith)

• (vv. 1-7) The godly man realizes that salvation is alone found with God. Thus he addresses Jehovah as the God of his salvation. Nevertheless, the soul is in deep distress that leads it to cry to God day and night. (“Psalms 88” by H. Smith)

• This psalm begins the final series of this book. It brings us to the lowest point in the third book, beginning with night and ending in darkness. There is no light or deliverance in it for the remnant. Psalm 88 describes the hour of the Jew’s greatest calamity; when the armies of the King of the North and his Arab confederacy invade and desolate the land. (“Book 3.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

A Song, a Psalm for the sons of Korah. To the chief Musician. Upon Mahalath Leannothe. An instruction. Of Heman the Ezrahite. Jehovah, God of my salvation, I have cried by day and in the night before thee.

JND Translation Notes

The meaning of Mahalath is uncertain, see Ps. 53. Leannoth may mean "for subdued singing."