A Petition to Be Saved from Death.
A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choir director; according to Mahalath Leannoth. A [a]Maskil of Heman [b]the Ezrahite.
88 O Lord, the God of my salvation,
I have cried out by day and in the night before You.
2 Let my prayer come before You;
Incline Your ear to my cry!
- A petition to be saved from death
o A petition is a humble but urgent request
o To be saved from death is the last request
- A Song (to be remembered)
- A Psalm of the sons of Korah (grateful worship leaders)
- According to the
o Mahalath (sickness, sad song, to writhe)
o Leannoth (concerning sickness; to be sung in sickness)
- A Maskil
o A Jewish saying based on biblical knowledge experienced by a mature believer who knows the biblical truth to be so
- Of Heman (faithful or wise man)
- The Ezrahite (Born of the native; Son of the dawn; one born in the land with full citizenship rights)
- Make a humble petition to be saved before you die, sing with a grateful heart, pray to be healed of our sickness’ according to a knowledge of God’s word, to the only faithful and wise man Jesus Christ, the Son of the dawn!
3 For my soul has [c]had enough troubles,
And my life has drawn near to [d]Sheol.
- This is a prayer of a weary soul who life is near death (maybe sick)
4 I am reckoned among those who go down to the pit;
I have become like a man without strength,
5 [e]Forsaken among the dead,
Like the slain who lie in the grave,
Whom You remember no more,
And they are cut off from Your hand.
- These are the words of a man who “feels like God has abandoned him”
- It seems he has lost his faith even if temporarily (like God has cut him off)
6 You have put me in the lowest pit,
In dark places, in the depths.
- The man blames God for putting him in the lowest pit in dark places
- Maybe because he knows he deserved it
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