Psalms 88:13

But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
cried	שִׁוַּ֑עְתִּי shi.Va'.ti	H7768	properly · verb, piel perfect, 1st person common singular
LORD	יְהוָ֣ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
morning	וּ֝בַבֹּ֗קֶר u.va.Bo.ker	H1242	properly · conjunction + preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
prayer	תְּֽפִלָּתִ֥י te.fi.la.Ti	H8605	intercession · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix
prevent	תְקַדְּמֶֽךָּ te.ka.de.Me.ka	H6923	to project (one self) · verb, piel imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Psalms 5:3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
Mark 1:35 And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.
Psalms 30:2 O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.
Psalms 119:147-148 I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 88:10–end

In these verses, I. The psalmist expostulates with God concerning the present deplorable condition he was in (Psa 88:10-12): "Wilt thou do a miraculous work to the dead, and raise them to life again? Shall those that are dead and buried rise up to praise thee? No; they leave it to their children to rise up in their room to praise God; none expects that they should do it; and wherefore should they rise, wherefore should they live, but to praise God? The life we are born to at first, and the life we hope to rise to at last, must thus be spent. But shall thy lovingkindness to thy people be declared in the grave, either by those or to those that lie buried there? And thy faithfulness to thy prom…

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John Gill on Psalms 88:13

But unto thee have I cried, O Lord,.... Formerly, and had been heard, answered, and relieved, and which was an encouragement to cry again to him in his distress; Christ was always heard, John 11:42, or, now, in his present case, yet was not heard, at least not immediately answered; which was the case of the Messiah, when forsaken by his God and Father, Psalm 22:1, yet still determines to continue praying, as follows: and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee; not before the Lord is awake, and can hear; for he neither slumbers nor sleeps, and he always hears: but the meaning is, that he would pray before he entered upon another business; this should be the first thing in the morning he…

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John Calvin on Psalms 88:10-13

Psalm 88:10-13 10. Wilt thou perform a miracle for the dead? shall the dead [514] arise to praise thee? Selah. 11. Shall thy loving kindness be declared in the grave? thy truth in destruction? [515] 12. Shall thy wonders be known in darkness? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? 13. But to thee have I cried, O Jehovah! and in the morning my prayer shall come before thee. [516] 10. Wilt thou perform a miracle for the dead? By these words the prophet intimates, that God, if he did not make haste to succor him, would be too late, there being scarce anything betwixt him and death; and that therefore this was the critical juncture, if God was inclined to help him, for should the…

Dictionary and topics

Ezrahite — A title given to Ethan (1 Kings 4:31; Ps. 89, title) and Heman (Ps. 88, title). They were both sons of Zerah (1 Chr. 2:6).
Job, Book of — A great diversity of opinion exists as to the authorship of this book. From internal evidence, such as the similarity of sentiment and language to those in the Psalms and Proverbs (see Ps. 88 and…
Leannoth — For answering; i.e., in singing, occurs in the title to Ps. 88. The title “Mahalath (q.v.) Leannoth” may be rendered “concerning sickness, to be sung” i.e., perhaps, to be sung in sickness.
Mahalath — A lute; lyre. (1.) The daughter of Ishmael, and third wife of Esau (Gen. 28:9); called also Bashemath (Gen. 36:3). (2.) The daughter of Jerimoth, who was one of David’s sons. She was one of…
Mahalath Leannoth Maschil — This word leannoth seems to point to some kind of instrument unknown (Ps. 88, title). The whole phrase has by others been rendered, “On the sickness of affliction: a lesson;” or, “Concerning…
Early Rising · Requisite for: Devotion — Requisite for: Devotion
Morning · The Jews: Devoted a part of, to prayer and praise — The Jews: Devoted a part of, to prayer and praise
Prayer · .Daily, in the morning — .Daily, in the morning
Rising · .For — .For

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 88:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 88:10–end

John Gill on Psalms 88:13

John Calvin on Psalms 88:10-13

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 88:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 88:10–end

John Gill on Psalms 88:13

John Calvin on Psalms 88:10-13

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 88:13–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 88:13-17

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 88:13