Psalms 88:13

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

But to you have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent you.

American King James Version (AKJV)

But to you have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent you.

American Standard Version (ASV)

But unto thee, O Jehovah, have I cried; And in the morning shall my prayer come before thee.

Basic English Translation (BBE)

But to you did I send up my cry, O Lord; in the morning my prayer came before you.

Webster's Revision

But to thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer come before thee.

World English Bible

But to you, Yahweh, I have cried. In the morning, my prayer comes before you.

English Revised Version (ERV)

But unto thee, O LORD, have I cried, and in the morning shall my prayer come before thee.

Clarke's Psalms 88:13 Bible Commentary

Shall my prayer prevent thee - It shall get before thee; I will not wait till the accustomed time to offer my morning sacrifice, I shall call on thee long before others come to offer their devotions.

Barnes's Psalms 88:13 Bible Commentary

But unto thee have I cried, O Lord - I have earnestly prayed; I have sought thy gracious interposition.

And in the morning - That is, each morning; every day. My first business in the morning shall be prayer.

Shall my prayer prevent thee - Anticipate thee; go before thee: that is, it shall be early; so to speak even before thou dost awake to the employments of the day. The language is that which would be applicable to a case where one made an appeal to another for aid before he had arisen from his bed, or who came to him even while he was asleep - and who thus, with an earnest petition, anticipated his rising. Compare the notes at Job 3:12; compare Psalm 21:3; Psalm 59:10; Psalm 79:8; Psalm 119:148; Matthew 17:25; 1 Thessalonians 4:15.

Wesley's Psalms 88:13 Bible Commentary

88:13 Prevent - Come to thee before the dawning of the day, or the rising of the sun.