A Petition to Be Saved from Death.

1 A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. For the choir director; according to Mahalath Leannoth. A (a)Maskil of Heman (b)the Ezrahite.
O Lord, the (A)God of my salvation,
I have (B)cried out by day and in the night before You.
2
Let my prayer (C)come before You;
(D)Incline Your ear to my cry!

Footnotes:

a. Psalm 88:1: ['Possibly, ', Contemplative, ', or ', Didactic, ', or ', Skillful Psalm]
b. Psalm 88:1: ['1 Kin 4:31; 1 Chr 2:6; Ps 89: title']