Psalms 88:1

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“O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You.”

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BSBPD

“O LORD, the God of my salvation, day and night I cry out before You.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:”

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ASVPD

“O Jehovah, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee.”

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YLTPD

“A Song, a Psalm, by sons of Korah, to the Overseer, `Concerning the Sickness of Afflictions.' --An instruction, by Heman the Ezrahite. O Jehovah, God of my salvation, Daily I have cried, nightly before Thee,”

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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 88:1 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 49:18I await Your salvation, O LORD.
  2. 1 Kings 4:31He was wiser than all men—wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and wiser than Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. And his fame spread throughout the surrounding nations.
  3. 1 Kings 5:11and year after year Solomon would provide Hiram with 20,000 cors of wheat as food for his household, as well as 20,000 baths of pure olive oil.
  4. 1 Chronicles 2:6The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara—five in all.
  5. 1 Chronicles 6:18The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
  6. Nehemiah 1:6let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned.
  7. Psalms 22:2I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.
  8. Psalms 24:5He will receive blessing from the LORD and vindication from the God of his salvation.
  9. Psalms 27:1The LORD is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life— whom shall I dread?
  10. Psalms 27:9Hide not Your face from me, nor turn away Your servant in anger. You have been my helper; do not leave me or forsake me, O God of my salvation.
  11. Psalms 42:1As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.
  12. Psalms 51:14Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing of Your righteousness.
  13. Psalms 53:1The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their ways are vile. There is no one who does good.
  14. Psalms 62:7My salvation and my honor rest on God, my strong rock; my refuge is in God.
  15. Psalms 65:5With awesome deeds of righteousness You answer us, O God of our salvation, the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas.
  16. Psalms 68:19Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden, the God of our salvation. Selah
  17. Psalms 79:9Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; deliver us and atone for our sins, for the sake of Your name.
  18. Psalms 86:3Be merciful to me, O Lord, for I call to You all day long.
  19. Psalms 140:7O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, You shield my head in the day of battle.
  20. Isaiah 12:2Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
  21. Isaiah 62:6On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD shall take no rest for yourselves,
  22. Luke 1:47and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!
  23. Luke 2:30For my eyes have seen Your salvation,
  24. Luke 2:37and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.

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