NASB Bible Footnotes

Psalms 88

Ps. 88:1

a: Possibly, Contemplative, or Didactic, or Skillful Psalm

b: 1 Kin 4:31; 1 Chr 2:6; Ps 89: title

Ps. 88:1

a: Ps 24:5; 27:9

b: Ps 22:2; 86:3; Luke 18:7

Ps. 88:2

a: Ps 18:6

b: Ps 31:2; 86:1

Ps. 88:3

a: Ps 107:26

b: Ps 107:18; 116:3

1: Or been satisfied with

2: I.e. the nether world

Ps. 88:4

a: Ps 28:1; 143:7

b: Job 29:12; Ps 22:11

Ps. 88:5

a: Ps 31:12

b: Ps 31:22; Is 53:8

1: Lit A freed one among the dead

Ps. 88:6

a: Ps 86:13; Lam 3:55

b: Ps 143:3

c: Ps 69:15

Ps. 88:7

a: Ps 32:4; 39:10

b: Ps 42:7

1: Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interlude

Ps. 88:8

a: Job 19:13, 19; Ps 31:11; 142:4

b: Job 30:10

c: Ps 142:7; Jer 32:2; 36:5

1: Lit abomination to them

Ps. 88:9

a: Ps 6:7; 31:9

b: Ps 22:2; 86:3

c: Job 11:13; Ps 143:6

1: Lit palms

Ps. 88:10

a: Ps 6:5; 30:9

1: Or ghosts, shades

Ps. 88:11

1: I.e. place of destruction

Ps. 88:12

a: Job 10:21; Ps 88:6

1: I.e. faithfulness to His gracious promises

Ps. 88:13

a: Ps 30:2

b: Ps 5:3; 119:147

Ps. 88:14

a: Ps 43:2; 44:9

b: Job 13:24; Ps 13:1; 44:24

Ps. 88:15

a: Prov 24:11

b: Job 6:4; 31:23

1: Or embarrassed

Ps. 88:16

a: 2 Chr 28:11; Is 13:13; Lam 1:12

b: Lam 3:54; Ezek 37:11

1: Or silenced

Ps. 88:17

a: Ps 118:10-12

b: Ps 124:4

c: Ps 17:11; 22:12, 16

Ps. 88:18

a: Job 19:13; Ps 88:8; 31:11; 38:11



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