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Psa 88:1 — [[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:

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Entire Verse.		A. M. cir. 2473. B.C. cir. 1531.
(Title) for		or, of
(Title) Mahalath		Psa 53:1; *title
(Title) Maschil, etc.		or, A Psalm of Heman the Ezrahite, giving instruction. Supposed to have been written by Heman, son of Zerah, and grandson of Judah, on the oppression of the Hebrews in Egypt.
(Title) Heman		1Ki 4:31; 1Ch 2:6
LORD		Psa 27:1,9; Psa 51:14; Psa 62:7; Psa 65:5; Psa 68:19; Psa 79:9; Psa 140:7; Gen 49:18; Isa 12:2; Luk 1:47; Luk 2:30; Tts 2:10,13; Tts 3:4-7
I have		Psa 22:2; Psa 86:3; Neh 1:6; Isa 62:6; Luk 2:37; Luk 18:7; 1Th 3:10; 2Ti 1:3

Correlating Passages

(Title) Mahalath

Psa 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.

(Title) Heman

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

LORD

	Psa 27:1	[[[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?
	Psa 27:9	Hide not thy face [far] from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
	Psa 51:14	Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: [and] my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
	Psa 62:7	In God [is] my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, [and] my refuge, [is] in God.
	Psa 65:5	[By] terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; [who art] the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off [upon] the sea:
	Psa 68:19	Blessed [be] the Lord, [who] daily loadeth us [with benefits, even] the God of our salvation. Selah.
	Psa 79:9	Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake.
	Psa 140:7	O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
	Gen 49:18	I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
	Isa 12:2	Behold, God [is] my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH [is] my strength and [my] song; he also is become my salvation.
	Luk 1:47	And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
	Luk 2:30	For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
	Tts 2:10	Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.
	Tts 2:13	Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
	Tts 3:4	But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,
	Tts 3:5	Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
	Tts 3:6	Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
	Tts 3:7	That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

I have

	Psa 22:2	O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
	Psa 86:3	Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily.
	Neh 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.
	Isa 62:6	I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, [which] shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,
	Luk 2:37	And she [was] a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served [God] with fastings and prayers night and day.
	Luk 18:7	And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
	1Th 3:10	Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith?
	2Ti 1:3	I thank God, whom I serve from [my] forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day;

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Scott, Thomas. "Psalms 88:1," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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