Psalms 88:6 - Exposition

Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit. The affliction whereof the psalmist complains has come direct from the hand of Cod. It is some severe stroke of illness which has brought him to his last gasp. The "lowest pit" is here metaphorical—the deepest depth of calamity. In darkness; literally, in darknesses , where no ray of thy favour shines upon me. In the deeps (comp. Psalms 69:2 , "deep waters, where the floods overflow him").