1 A prayer containing a grievous complaint.

A.M. cir 2473. B.C. cir 1531. Mahalath Ps 53:1

A Psalm of Heman the Ezrahite, giving instruction. Supposed to have been written by Heman, son of Zerah, and grandson of Judah, on the oppression of the Hebrews in Egypt.

Heman 1Ki 4:31 1Ch 2:6

Lord Ps 27:1,9 51:14 62:7 65:6 68:19 79:9 140:7 Ge 49:18 Isa 12:2 Lu 1:47 2:30 Tit 2:10,13 3:4-7

I have Ps 22:2 86:3 Ne 1:6 Isa 62:6 Lu 2:37 18:7 1Th 3:10 2Ti 1:3

2 Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;

Ps 79:11 141:1,2 1Ki 8:31 La 3:8

3 For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.

soul Ps 88:14,15 22:11-21 69:17-21 77:2 143:3,4 Job 6:2-4 Isa 53:3,10,11 La 3:15-19 Mt 26:37-39 Mr 14:33,34

life Ps 107:18 Job 33:22

4 I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:

counted Ps 28:1 30:9 143:7 Job 17:1 Isa 38:17,18 Eze 26:20 Jon 2:6 2Co 1:9

as a man Ps 31:12 109:22-24 Ro 5:6 2Co 13:4

5 Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.

free Isa 14:9-12 38:10-12 Eze 32:18-32

whom Ps 136:23 Ge 8:1 19:29

cut Ps 88:16 31:22 Job 6:9 11:10 Isa 53:8

from thy hand., or, by thy hand

6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.

lowest Ps 40:2 86:13 De 32:22

darkness Ps 143:3 Pr 4:19 La 3:2 Joh 12:46 Jude 1:6,13

deeps Ps 69:15 130:1

7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.

thy wrath Ps 38:1 90:7 102:10 Job 6:4 10:16 Joh 3:36 Ro 2:5-9 1Pe 2:24 Re 6:16,17

with Ps 42:7 Jon 2:3

8 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.

put Ps 88:18 31:11 143:4 1Sa 23:18-20 Job 19:13-19 Joh 11:57

made Isa 49:7 63:3 Zec 11:8 Mt 27:21-25 Joh 15:23,24

I am shut Job 12:14 19:8 La 3:7-9

9 Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.

mine Ps 38:10 42:3 102:9 Job 16:20 17:7 La 3:48,49 Joh 11:35

called Ps 88:1 55:17 86:3

stretched Ps 44:20 68:31 143:6 Eze 17:11 Job 11:13

10 Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.

wilt thou. The interrogations in these verses imply the strongest negations. Ps 6:5 30:9 115:17 118:17 Isa 38:18,19 Mr 5:35,36

shall Job 14:7-12 Isa 26:19 Eze 37:1-14 Lu 7:12-16 1Co 15:52-57

11 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?

in destruction Ps 55:23 73:18 Job 21:30 26:6 Pr 15:11 Mt 7:13 Ro 9:22 2Pe 2:1

12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

dark Ps 143:3 Job 10:21,22 Isa 8:22 Mt 8:12 Jude 1:13

in the land Ps 88:5 31:12 Ec 2:16 8:10 9:5

13 But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.

and in Ps 5:3 119:147,148 Mr 1:35

prevent thee. Come before thee Ps 21:3

14 LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?

Lord Ps 43:2 77:7-9 Mt 27:46

hidest Ps 13:1 44:24 69:17 Job 13:24

15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.

afflicted Ps 73:14 Job 17:1,11-16 Isa 53:3

while Ps 22:14,15 Job 6:4 7:11-16 Isa 53:10 Zec 13:7 Lu 22:44

16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.

fierce Ps 38:1,2 89:46 90:7,11 102:10 Isa 53:4-6 Ro 8:32 Ga 3:13 Re 6:17

cut me Isa 53:8 Da 9:26

17 They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.

they Ps 22:16 42:7 69:1,2 116:3 Job 16:12,13 30:14,15 La 3:5-7 Mt 27:39-44

daily. or, all the day

18 Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.

lover Ps 88:8 31:11 38:11 Job 19:12-15

mine acquaintance. A figurative expression to denote that he now never saw them.