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Psalm 88

Prayer for Help in Despondency

A Song. A Psalm of the Korahites. To the leader: according to Mahalath Leannoth. A Maskil of Heman the Ezrahite.

O Lord, God of my salvation,
    at night, when I cry out before you,(A)

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Psalm 88[a]

A song. A psalm of the Sons of Korah. For the director of music. According to mahalath leannoth.[b] A maskil[c] of Heman the Ezrahite.

Lord, you are the God who saves me;(A)
    day and night I cry out(B) to you.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 88:1 In Hebrew texts 88:1-18 is numbered 88:2-19.
  2. Psalm 88:1 Title: Possibly a tune, “The Suffering of Affliction”
  3. Psalm 88:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term

Surely God is my salvation;
    I will trust and will not be afraid,
for the Lord[a] is my strength and my might;
    he has become my salvation.”(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 12.2 Q ms Heb mss Gk Syr Vg Tg: MT for Yah, the Lord

Surely God is my salvation;(A)
    I will trust(B) and not be afraid.
The Lord, the Lord himself,(C) is my strength(D) and my defense[a];
    he has become my salvation.(E)

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  1. Isaiah 12:2 Or song

O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer;
    and by night but find no rest.(A)

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My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer,(A)
    by night,(B) but I find no rest.[a]

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  1. Psalm 22:2 Or night, and am not silent

And will not God grant justice to his chosen ones who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long in helping them?

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And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out(A) to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off?

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be gracious to me, O Lord,
    for to you do I cry all day long.(A)

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have mercy(A) on me, Lord,
    for I call(B) to you all day long.

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Psalm 53

Denunciation of Godlessness

To the leader: according to Mahalath. A Maskil of David.

Fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.”
    They are corrupt; they commit abominable acts;
    there is no one who does good.(A)

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Psalm 53[a](A)

For the director of music. According to mahalath.[b] A maskil[c] of David.

The fool(B) says in his heart,
    “There is no God.”(C)
They are corrupt, and their ways are vile;
    there is no one who does good.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 53:1 In Hebrew texts 53:1-6 is numbered 53:2-7.
  2. Psalm 53:1 Title: Probably a musical term
  3. Psalm 53:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term

14 Deliver me from bloodshed, O God,
    O God of my salvation,
    and my tongue will sing aloud of your deliverance.(A)

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14 Deliver me(A) from the guilt of bloodshed,(B) O God,
    you who are God my Savior,(C)
    and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.(D)

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    Do not hide your face from me.

Do not turn your servant away in anger,
    you who have been my help.
Do not cast me off; do not forsake me,
    O God of my salvation!(A)

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Do not hide your face(A) from me,
    do not turn your servant away in anger;(B)
    you have been my helper.(C)
Do not reject me or forsake(D) me,
    God my Savior.(E)

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31 He was wiser than anyone else, wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, children of Mahol; his fame spread throughout all the surrounding nations.(A)

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31 He was wiser(A) than anyone else, including Ethan the Ezrahite—wiser than Heman, Kalkol and Darda, the sons of Mahol. And his fame spread to all the surrounding nations.

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18 I wait for your salvation, O Lord.(A)

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18 “I look for your deliverance,(A) Lord.(B)

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But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared,(A) he saved us, not because of any works of righteousness that we had done, but according to his mercy, through the water[a] of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.(B) This Spirit he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.(C)

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  1. 3.5 Gk washing

But when the kindness(A) and love of God our Savior(B) appeared,(C) he saved us,(D) not because of righteous things we had done,(E) but because of his mercy.(F) He saved us through the washing(G) of rebirth and renewal(H) by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us(I) generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that, having been justified by his grace,(J) we might become heirs(K) having the hope(L) of eternal life.(M)

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13 while we wait for the blessed hope and the manifestation of the glory of our great God and Savior,[a] Jesus Christ.(A)

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  1. 2.13 Or of the great God and our Savior

13 while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing(A) of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ,(B)

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37 then as a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple but worshiped there with fasting and prayer night and day.(A)

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37 and then was a widow until she was eighty-four.[a](A) She never left the temple but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.(B)

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  1. Luke 2:37 Or then had been a widow for eighty-four years.