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Psalm 88

Sal. 88:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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<<A Song
shiyr (Hebrew #7892)
from 7891; a song; abstractly, singing
KJV usage: musical(-ick), X sing(-er, -ing), song.
Pronounce: sheer
Origin: or feminine shiyrah {shee-raw'}
or Psalm
mizmowr (Hebrew #4210)
properly, instrumental music; by implication, a poem set to notes
KJV usage: psalm.
Pronounce: miz-more'
Origin: from 2167
σfor the sons
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of Korah
Qorach (Hebrew #7141)
ice; Korach, the name of two Edomites and three Israelites
KJV usage: Korah.
Pronounce: ko'rakh
Origin: from 7139
, to the chief Musician
natsach (Hebrew #5329)
properly, to glitter from afar, i.e. to be eminent (as a superintendent, especially of the Temple services and its music); also (as denominative from 5331), to be permanent
KJV usage: excel, chief musician (singer), oversee(-r), set forward.
Pronounce: naw-tsakh'
Origin: a primitive root
upon Mahalath
machalath (Hebrew #4257)
sickness; Machalath, probably the title (initial word) of a popular song
KJV usage: Mahalath.
Pronounce: makh-al-ath'
Origin: from 2470
Leannoth
`anah (Hebrew #6031)
to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)
KJV usage: abase self, afflict(-ion, self), answer (by mistake for 6030{/SI}}}6030{/SI}}/SI}}6030}6030{/SI}{/SI}), chasten self, deal hardly with, defile, exercise, force, gentleness, humble (self), hurt, ravish, sing (by mistake for 6030{/SI}}}6030{/SI}}/SI}}6030}6030{/SI}{/SI}), speak (by mistake for 6030{/SI}}}6030{/SI}}/SI}}6030}6030{/SI}{/SI}), submit self, weaken, X in any wise.
Pronounce: aw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root (possibly rather ident. with 6030{/SI}}}6030{/SI}}/SI}}6030}6030{/SI}{/SI} through the idea of looking down or browbeating)
, γMaschil
maskiyl (Hebrew #4905)
instructive, i.e. a didactic poem
KJV usage: Maschil.
Pronounce: mas-keel'
Origin: from 7919
of Heman
Heyman (Hebrew #1968)
faithful; Heman, the name of at least two Israelites
KJV usage: Heman.
Pronounce: hay-mawn'
Origin: probably from 539
a the Ezrahite
'Ezrachiy (Hebrew #250)
an Ezrachite or descendant of Zerach
KJV usage: Ezrahite.
Pronounce: ez-raw-khee'
Origin: patronymic from 2246
.>> O Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
of my salvation
yshuw`ah (Hebrew #3444)
something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperity
KJV usage: deliverance, health, help(-ing), salvation, save, saving (health), welfare.
Pronounce: yesh-oo'-aw
Origin: feminine passive participle of 3467
, Ic have cried
tsa`aq (Hebrew #6817)
to shriek; (by implication) to proclaim (an assembly)
KJV usage: X at all, call together, cry (out), gather (selves) (together).
Pronounce: tsaw-ak'
Origin: a primitive root
day
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
and night
layil (Hebrew #3915)
also laylah {lah'- yel-aw}; from the same as 3883; properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
KJV usage: ((mid-))night (season).
Pronounce: lah'-yil
Origin: or (Isa. 21:11) leyl {lale}
before thee:

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1-18:  A prayer containing a grievous complaint.
A.M. cir. 2473.
B.C. cir. 1531.
(Title.)
for.
or, of.Mahalath.
Maschil, etc.
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.
Lord.
Sal. 27:1,9• 1Salmo de David. Jehová es mi luz y mi salvación: ¿de quién temeré? Jehová es la fortaleza de mi vida: ¿de quién he de atemorizarme?
9No escondas tu rostro de mí, No apartes con ira á tu siervo: Mi ayuda has sido; No me dejes y no me desampares, Dios de mi salud.
(Sal. 27:1,9)
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Sal. 51:14• 14Líbrame de homicidios, oh Dios, Dios de mi salud: Cantará mi lengua tu justicia. (Sal. 51:14)
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Sal. 62:7• 7En Dios está mi salvación y mi gloria: En Dios está la roca de mi fortaleza, y mi refugio. (Sal. 62:7)
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Sal. 65:5• 5Con tremendas cosas, en justicia, nos responderás tú, Oh Dios de nuestra salud, Esperanza de todos los términos de la tierra, Y de los más remotos confines de la mar. (Sal. 65:5)
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Sal. 68:19• 19Bendito el Señor; cada día nos colma de beneficios El Dios de nuestra salud. (Selah.) (Sal. 68:19)
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Sal. 79:9• 9Ayúdanos, oh Dios, salud nuestra, por la gloria de tu nombre: Y líbranos, y aplácate sobre nuestros pecados por amor de tu nombre. (Sal. 79:9)
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Sal. 140:7• 7Jehová Señor, fortaleza de mi salud, Tú pusiste á cubierto mi cabeza el día de las armas. (Sal. 140:7)
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Gn. 49:18• 18Tu salud esperé, oh Jehová. (Gn. 49:18)
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Is. 12:2• 2He aquí Dios es salud mía; aseguraréme, y no temeré; porque mi fortaleza y mi canción es JAH Jehová, el cual ha sido salud para mí. (Is. 12:2)
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Lc. 1:47• 47Y mi espíritu se alegró en Dios mi Salvador, (Lc. 1:47)
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Lc. 2:30• 30Porque han visto mis ojos tu salvación, (Lc. 2:30)
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Tit. 2:10,13• 10No defraudando, antes mostrando toda buena lealtad, para que adornen en todo la doctrina de nuestro Salvador Dios.
13Esperando aquella esperanza bienaventurada, y la manifestación gloriosa del gran Dios y Salvador nuestro Jesucristo.
(Tit. 2:10,13)
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Tit. 3:4‑7• 4Mas cuando se manifestó la bondad de Dios nuestro Salvador, y su amor para con los hombres,
5No por obras de justicia que nosotros habíamos hecho, mas por su misericordia nos salvó, por el lavacro de la regeneración, y de la renovación del Espíritu Santo;
6El cual derramó en nosotros abundantemente por Jesucristo nuestro Salvador,
7Para que, justificados por su gracia, seamos hechos herederos según la esperanza de la vida eterna.
(Tit. 3:4‑7)
I have.
 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

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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

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