Psalms 88:1

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<A Song. A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah. To the chief music-maker; put to Mahalath Leannoth. Maschil. Of Heman the Ezrahite.> O Lord, God of my salvation, I have been crying to you for help by day and by night:

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  • Ps 22:2 : 2 O my God, I make my cry in the day, and you give no answer; and in the night, and have no rest.
  • Luke 18:7 : 7 And will not God do right in the cause of his saints, whose cries come day and night to his ears, though he is long in doing it?
  • Ps 27:9 : 9 Let not your face be covered from me; do not put away your servant in wrath; you have been my help: do not give me up or take your support from me, O God of my salvation.
  • Ps 51:14 : 14 Be my saviour from violent death, O God, the God of my salvation; and my tongue will give praise to your righteousness.
  • Ps 53:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker; put to Mahalath. Maschil. Of David.> The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good.
  • 1 Kgs 4:31 : 31 For he was wiser than all men, even than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman and Calcol and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and he had a great name among all the nations round about.
  • 1 Chr 2:6 : 6 And the sons of Zerah: Zimri and Ethan and Heman and Calcol and Dara; five of them.
  • Isa 12:2 : 2 See, God is my salvation; I will have faith in the Lord, without fear: for the Lord Jah is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.
  • Ps 86:3 : 3 Have mercy on me, O Lord; for my cry goes up to you all the day.
  • Titus 3:4-7 : 4 But when the mercy of God our Saviour, and his love to man was seen, 5 Not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but in the measure of his mercy, he gave us salvation, through the washing of the new birth and the giving of new life in the Holy Spirit, 6 Which he gave us freely through Jesus Christ our Saviour; 7 So that, having been given righteousness through grace, we might have a part in the heritage, the hope of eternal life.
  • Gen 49:18 : 18 I have been waiting for your salvation, O Lord.
  • Ps 140:7 : 7 O Lord God, the strength of my salvation, you have been a cover over my head in the day of the fight.
  • Isa 62:6 : 6 I have put watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they will not keep quiet day or night: you who are the Lord's recorders, take no rest,
  • Luke 1:47 : 47 My spirit is glad in God my Saviour.
  • Luke 2:30 : 30 For my eyes have seen your salvation,
  • Luke 2:37 : 37 She had been a widow for eighty-four years); she was in the Temple at all times, worshipping with prayers and going without food, night and day.
  • 1 Thess 3:10 : 10 Night and day requesting God again and again that we may see your face and make your faith complete.
  • 2 Tim 1:3 : 3 I give praise to God, whose servant I have been, with a heart free from sin, from the time of my fathers, because in my prayers at all times the thought of you is with me, night and day
  • Titus 2:10 : 10 Not taking what is not theirs, but giving clear signs of their good faith, in all things doing credit to the teaching of God our Saviour.
  • Titus 2:13 : 13 Looking for the glad hope, the revelation of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ;
  • Neh 1:6 : 6 Let your ear now take note and let your eyes be open, so that you may give ear to the prayer of your servant, which I make before you at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel, your servants, while I put before you the sins of the children of Israel, which we have done against you: truly, I and my father's people are sinners.
  • Ps 24:5 : 5 He will have blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
  • Ps 27:1 : 1 <Of David.> The Lord is my light and my salvation; who is then a cause of fear to me? the Lord is the strength of my life; who is a danger to me?
  • Ps 62:7 : 7 In God is my salvation, and my glory; the Rock of my strength, and my safe place.
  • Ps 65:5 : 5 You will give us an answer in righteousness by great acts of power, O God of our salvation; you who are the hope of all the ends of the earth, and of the far-off lands of the sea;
  • Ps 68:19 : 19 Praise be to the Lord, who is our support day by day, even the God of our salvation. (Selah.)
  • Ps 79:9 : 9 Give us help, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name; take us out of danger and give us forgiveness for our sins, because of your name.

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  • 2 Let my prayer come before you; give ear to my cry:

  • Ps 88:13-14
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    13 But to you did I send up my cry, O Lord; in the morning my prayer came before you.

    14 Lord, why have you sent away my soul? why is your face covered from me?

  • 3 Have mercy on me, O Lord; for my cry goes up to you all the day.

  • 8 My voice went up to you, O Lord; I made my prayer to the Lord.

  • 1 <A Psalm. Of David.> Lord, I have made my cry to you; come to me quickly; give ear to my voice, when it goes up to you.

  • 1 <Maschil. Of David. A prayer when he was in the hole of the rock.> The sound of my cry went up to the Lord; with my voice I made my prayer for grace to the Lord.

  • 1 <A Prayer of the man who is in trouble, when he is overcome, and puts his grief before the Lord.> Give ear to my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come to you.

  • 9 My eyes are wasting away because of my trouble: Lord, my cry has gone up to you every day, my hands are stretched out to you.

  • 2 O my God, I make my cry in the day, and you give no answer; and in the night, and have no rest.

  • Ps 130:1-2
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    1 <A Song of the going up.> Out of the deep have I sent up my cry to you, O Lord.

    2 Lord, let my voice come before you: let your ears be awake to the voice of my prayer.

  • 1 <A Song of the going up.> In my trouble my cry went up to the Lord, and he gave me an answer.

  • Ps 77:1-2
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    1 <To the chief music-maker. After Jeduthun. Of Asaph. A Psalm.> I was crying to God with my voice; even to God with my voice, and he gave ear to me.

    2 In the day of my trouble, my heart was turned to the Lord: my hand was stretched out in the night without resting; my soul would not be comforted.

  • Ps 5:2-3
    2 verses
    78%

    2 Let the voice of my cry come to you, my King and my God; for to you will I make my prayer.

    3 My voice will come to you in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I send my prayer to you, and keep watch.

  • 2 O Lord my God, I sent up my cry to you, and you have made me well.

  • Ps 140:6-7
    2 verses
    77%

    6 I have said to the Lord, You are my God: give ear, O Lord, to the voice of my prayer.

    7 O Lord God, the strength of my salvation, you have been a cover over my head in the day of the fight.

  • 6 In my trouble my voice went up to the Lord, and my cry to my God: my voice came to his hearing in his holy Temple, and my prayer came before him, even into his ears.

  • 1 <To the chief music-maker. On a corded instrument. Of David.> Let my cry come to you, O God; let your ears be open to my prayer.

  • 8 But the Lord will send his mercy in the daytime, and in the night his song will be with me, a prayer to the God of my life.

  • 1 <Of David.> My cry goes up to you, O Lord, my Rock; do not keep back your answer from me, so that I may not become like those who go down into the underworld.

  • Ps 55:16-17
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    16 As for me, I will make my prayer to God, and he will be my saviour.

    17 In the evening and in the morning and in the middle of the day I will make my prayer with sounds of grief; and my voice will come to his ears.

  • 26 Give me help, O Lord my God; in your mercy be my saviour;

  • 5 I have made my cry to you, O Lord; I have said, You are my safe place, and my heritage in the land of the living.

  • 7 In my trouble my voice went up to the Lord, and my cry to my God: my voice came to his hearing in his holy Temple, and my prayer came to his ears.

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    4 I send up a cry to the Lord with my voice, and he gives me an answer from his holy hill. (Selah.)

  • 7 O Lord, let the voice of my cry come to your ears: have mercy on me, and give me an answer.

  • 4 Then I made my prayer to the Lord, saying, O Lord, take my soul out of trouble.

  • 6 My cry has gone up to you, for you will give me an answer, O God: let your ear be turned to me, and give attention to my words.

  • 8 O Lord God of armies, let my prayer come to you: give ear, O God of Jacob. (Selah.)

  • 22 And as for me, I said in my fear, I am cut off from before your eyes; but you gave ear to the voice of my prayer, when my cry went up to you.

  • 22 Come quickly to give me help, O Lord, my salvation.

  • 59 And may these my words, the words of my prayer to the Lord, be before the Lord our God day and night, so that he may see right done to his servant and to his people Israel, day by day as we have need.

  • 26 He will say to me, You are my father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.

  • 28 Still, let your heart be turned to the prayer of your servant, O Lord God, and to his prayer for grace; give ear to the cry and the prayer which your servant sends up to you this day;

  • 7 In the day of my trouble I send up my cry to you; for you will give me an answer.

  • 1 <A Psalm. Of David.> Let my prayer come to you, O Lord; give ear to my requests for your grace; keep faith with me, and give me an answer in your righteousness;

  • 146 My cry has gone up to you; take me out of trouble, and I will be guided by your unchanging word.

  • 13 But as for me, let my prayer be made to you, O Lord, at a time when you are pleased; O God, give me an answer in your great mercy, for your salvation is certain.

  • 15 In you, O Lord, is my hope: you will give me an answer, O Lord, my God.

  • 3 When my cry came to your ears you gave me an answer, and made me great with strength in my soul.

  • 21 I will give you praise, for you have given me an answer, and have become my salvation.

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    1 <To the chief music-maker on corded instruments. A Psalm. Of David.> Give answer to my cry, O God of my righteousness; make me free from my troubles; have mercy on me, and give ear to my prayer.

  • 9 Lord, all my desire is before you; my sorrow is not kept secret from you.

  • 10 Give ear to me, O Lord, and have mercy on me: Lord, be my helper.

  • 3 I will send up my cry to the Lord, who is to be praised; so will I be made safe from those who are against me.