Psalms 88:1--89:52

David : a son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel,son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel

Ethan : a wise man, an Ezrahite, in Solomons time,son of Zerah son of Judah; the father of Azariah,son of Zimmah, of Gershom of Levi; ancestor of Asaph; the father of Adaiah,son of Kishi (Merari Levi); a worship leader in David's time
(31° 22´, 35° 4´); (31° 22´, 35° 4´)

Ezrahite : a descendant of Ezrah

Hermon : a mountain half way between Damascus and Tyre
(33° 24´, 35° 51´)

Israel : a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel

Korah : a man who led a rebellion against Moses and Aaron.,son of Esau and Oholibamah,son of Eliphaz son of Esau,son of Izhar son of Kohath son of Levi,son of Hebron of Judah,son of Izhar (Amminadab) son of Kohath son of Levi

Leannoth : possibly a tune: 'The Suffering of Affliction' (NIV marg)

Mahalath : daughter of Ishmael; wife of her cousin Esau,grand-daughter of David; wife of Rehoboam,a musical term (perhaps 'a sad tone' NASB marg.)

Maskil : a literary or musical term

Pit : the place of the dead

pit : the place of the dead

Rahab : a woman inkeeper in Jericho who hid two Hebrew spies; ancester of Boaz and of Jesus,an English name representing two different Hebrew names,as representing the Hebrew name 'Rahab',poetic synonym for Egypt and or the exodus (IBD),the mythical monster of chaos, mainly to do with an unruly sea,as representing the Hebrew name 'Raxab', which has a velar fricative in the middle.,a woman of Jericho; wife of Salmon (Matt. 1:5)
(30° 6´, 31° 20´)

Selah : a musical notation for crescendo or emphasis by action (IBD)
(30° 19´, 35° 27´)

Sheol : the place of the dead

Tabor : a mountain on the border between Issachar, Zebulun and Naphtali,a place near Bethel where there was a notable oak tree (OS),a town of Zebulun near Issachar given to the Merarites
(32° 41´, 35° 23´); (32° 40´, 35° 19´); (31° 55´, 35° 13´)