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**Title. Maschil** = Instruction. The eleventh of thirteen so named. See note on Title, [Psalms 32](../../../kjv/psalms/32) , and App-65 . The title, rearranged as above, removes the difficulty of this Psalm being ascribed to two different writers.
**Heman.** Celebrated for wisdom (with Ethan, 89), [1 Kings 4:31](../../../kjv/1-kings/4/31) . 1Ch 6:33 , [1 Chronicles 6:44](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/6/44) ; [1 Chronicles 25:4](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/25/4) . He was a Kohathite, while Ethan was a Merarite. See App-63 and App-64 .
**Ezrahite.** Put for Zerahite. Probably the name of a district. Compare the case of Elkanah ([1 Samuel 1:1](../../../kjv/1-samuel/1/1) .
The Psalm is prophetic of Messiah's humiliation, corresponding with [Psalms 86](../../../kjv/psalms/86) . See the Structure, p. 789.
**LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 ).

**soul.** Hebrew. *nephesh* ( App-13 ), for emphasis.
**the grave.** Hebrew. *Sheol.*

**am** = have been.
**I am** = I am become.
**man.** Hebrew. *geber.*

**Free** = Set free: i.e. by death, so as to be free from the Law (according to the Talmud, *Shabbath,* vol. 151. B).
**the grave** = sepulchre. Hebrew. *keber.* See App-35 .

**upon me.** Same word as "over me", [Psalms 88:16](../../../kjv/psalms/88/16) , with which the member corresponds.
**Selah.** Connecting [Psalms 88:6](../../../kjv/psalms/88/6) with its amplification in verses: [Psalms 88:8](../../../kjv/psalms/88/8) , [Psalms 88:9](../../../kjv/psalms/88/9) .

**dead.** Hebrew. *Rephaim,* who have no resurrection. See note on [Isaiah 26:14](../../../kjv/isaiah/26/14) , where it is rendered "deceased"; and 19, where it is rendered "the dead". Compare App-23 and App-25 .
**Selah.** Connecting [Psalms 88:10](../../../kjv/psalms/88/10) with its amplification in verses: [Psalms 88:11-13](../../../kjv/psalms/88/11-13) . Compare Selah, [Psalms 88:7](../../../kjv/psalms/88/7) . See App-66 .

**prevent** = come before.

**face.** Figure of speech *Anthropopatheia.* App-6 .

**over me.** Same word as "upon me", [Psalms 88:7](../../../kjv/psalms/88/7) .

**daily** = all the day.

**put far from me.** Compare [Psalms 88:8](../../../kjv/psalms/88/8) , the corresponding member.

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