Psalm 88 (WK) - 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• ³¹{i}For 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.{/i} (1 Kings 4:31)

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

Lord.

Psa. 27:1,9• ¹Of David.{HR}Jehovah [is] my light and my salvation;{HR}Whom shall I fear?{HR}Jehovah is the fortress of my life;{HR}Of whom shall I be afraid?
⁹Hide not thy face from me,{HR}Turn not away in anger thy servant;{HR}Thou hast been my help;{HR}Leave me not and forsake me not,{HR}O God of my salvation. (Psa. 27:1,9)

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Psa. 51:14• ¹⁴Deliver me from blood, Ο God, God of my salvation;{HR}My tongue shall celebrate thy righteousness. (Psa. 51:14)

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Psa. 62:7• ⁷On God [resteth] my salvation and my glory;{HR}The rock of my strength,{HR}My refuge [is] in God. (Psa. 62:7)

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Psa. 65:5• ⁵Terrible things in righteousness thou wilt answer us,{HR}O God of our salvation,{HR}Confidence of all the ends of earth and sea, afar off; (Psa. 65:5)

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Psa. 68:19• ¹⁹Blessed [be] Adonai day by day loading us,{HR}The God of our salvation. Selah. (Psa. 68:19)

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Psa. 79:9• ⁹Help us, O God of our salvation,{HR}For the sake of the glory of thy name and deliver us,{HR}And forgive our sins because of thy name. (Psa. 79:9)

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Psa. 140:7• ⁷Jehovah Lord , strength of my salvation,{HR}Thou hast covered my head in the day of battle (armour). (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:{HR}I will trust and not be afraid;{HR}For Jah Jehovah [is] my strength and song;{HR}And he is become my salvation. (Isa. 12:2)

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Luke 1:47• ⁴⁷and my spirit hath 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 purloining, but showing all good fidelity, that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.
¹³looking for 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 the love to man of our Saviour God appeared,
⁵not by works in righteousness which we ourselves did, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and the renewing of the Holy Spirit,
⁶which he poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
⁷that, having been justified by his grace, we should become heirs according to hope of eternal life. (Titus 3:4‑7)

I have.

Psa. 22:2• ²My God, I call by day, and thou answerest not,{HR}And by night, and there is no silence for me. (Psa. 22:2)

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Psa. 86:3• ³Be gracious to me, O Lord,{HR}For unto thee do I call all the day. (Psa. 86:3)

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Neh. 1:6• ⁶{i}Let 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 w{/i}e have sinned against Thee, both I and my father's house have sinned{i}.:{/i} (Neh. 1:6)

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Isa. 62:6• ⁶I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem; they shall never hold their peace all day and all night: ye that put Jehovah in remembrance, take ye no rest, (Isa. 62:6)

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Luke 2:37• ³⁷{i}and{/i} she was 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 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 thank God whom I serve from [my] forefathers in a pure conscience, how unceasingly I have the remembrance of thee in my supplications, (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."

W. Kelly Translation

A song, a psalm, for the sons of Korah. To the chief musician upon Mahalath and Leannoth; an instruction of Heman the Ezrahite.{HR}O Jehovah, God of my salvation,{HR}[By] day have I cried,{HR}And in the night before thee.