E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 88:13
prevent = come before. read more
Psalm 88
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 88:14
face. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6 . read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 88:16
over me. Same word as "upon me", Psalms 88:7 . read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 88:18
put far from me. Compare Psalms 88:8 , the corresponding member. read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 88:1
PSALM 88NATIONAL LAMENT DURING THE EXTREME DISTRESS OF THE EXILE;THE SORROWFUL PRAYER OF A DYING LEPER;THE SADDEST PSALM IN THE PSALTERWe have given three headings of this psalm because of our uncertainty concerning which is correct. Briggs advocated the first of these;[1] Kittel suggested the second;[2] and Kirkpatrick gave us the third.[3]Certainly, the near hopeless tone of the psalm would apply equally well to the emotions of one fatally with leprosy, or to the almost total despair of the... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 88:9
THE CRY REPEATED; HELP! BEFORE TOO LATE"I have called daily upon thee, O Jehovah;I have spread forth my hands unto thee.Wilt thou show wonders to the dead?Shall they that are deceased arise and praise thee?(Selah)Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave?Or thy faithfulness in Destruction?Shall thy wonders be known in the dark?And thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?"The string of questions here are presumed by the psalmist to call for negative answers; and the thought seems... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 88:13
THE CRY REPEATED; MORE DETAILS OF SORROW"But unto thee, O Jehovah, have I cried;And in the morning shall my prayer come before thee.Jehovah, why casteth thou off my soul?Why hidest thou thy face from me?I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up:While I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.Thy fierce wrath is gone over me;They terrors have cut me off.They came round about me like water all the day long;They compassed me about together.Lover and friend hast thou put far from me,And mine... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 88:1
Psalms 88:0. A prayer, containing a grievous complaint. A Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah: to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. Title. האזרחי להימן משׂכיל לענות מחלת על למנצח קרה למני מזמור שׂיר Shiir mizmor libnei korach lamnatseach al machalath leannoth maskiil leheiman haezrachii] The author of this psalm is called Heman the Ezrahite; but who he was, or when he lived, is not known. See 1 Chronicles 2:6. Bishop Patrick supposes him to have lived in... read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 88:10
dead. Hebrew. Rephaim, who have no resurrection. See note on 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 with its amplification in verses: Psalms 88:11-13 . Compare Selah, Psalms 88:7 . See App-66 . read more