Psalms 88:9

My eyes grow weak because of oppression. I call out to you, O Lord, all day long; I spread out my hands in prayer to you. ¹ 

Job 11:13; Job 16:20; Job 17:7; Ps 38:10; Ps 42:3; Ps 44:20; Ps 55:17; Ps 68:31; Ps 86:3; Ps 88:1; Ps 102:9; Ps 143:6; La 3:48,49; Eze 17:11; Joh 11:35

¹ tn Heb “I spread out my hands to you.” Spreading out the hands toward God was a prayer gesture (see Exod 9:29, 33; 1 Kgs 8:22, 38; 2 Chr 6:12-13, 29; Ezra 9:15; Job 11:13; Isa 1:15). The words “in prayer” have been supplied in the translation to clarify this.