Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 88:1-18
Psalms 88:0 Darkness and despairOvercome with trials and seeing no way out of the situation, the writer prays desperately to God (1-2). He sees himself as being close to death, with no way of being rescued (3-5). He feels as if he has been left to die by both God and friends (6-8). He wants to experience God’s saving power now, while he is still alive, for it will be too late when he is dead (9-12).Looking back, the writer sees that all his life he has had nothing but suffering, yet God still... read more
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 88:6-7
Psalms 88:6-7. Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, &c. In hopeless and remediless calamities. Thus greatly may good men be afflicted, and such dismal apprehensions may they have concerning their afflictions, and such dark conclusions may they sometimes be ready to make concerning the issue of them, through the power of melancholy, and the weakness of faith. Thy wrath lieth hard upon me The sense of thy wrath, or rather, the effects of it, as the next clause explains it. Thou hast... read more