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.
