Psalm 88:2
Verse 2 of 18. The 88th of 150 chapters in Psalms, in Poetry and Wisdom.
1O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:
2Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
3For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
4I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:
5Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
6Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
Psalm 88:2 in the World English Bible
Let my prayer enter into your presence. Turn your ear to my cry.Read Psalm 88:2 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Psalm 88:2
He directed his prayer to God, and from him expected and desired an answer (v. 2): "Let my prayer come before thee, to be accepted of thee, not before men, to be seen of them, as the Pharisees' prayers." He does not desire that men should hear them, but, "Lord, incline thy ear unto my cry, for to that I refer myself; give what answer to it thou pleasest."
Read Matthew Henry on Psalm 88:1–9: Sorrowful Complaints; Complaining to God.
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