Psalm 88:1-5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 88:5

Psalms 88:5. Free among the dead Well nigh discharged from the warfare of the present life, and entered, as a member, into the society of the dead; or, removed from all the affairs and conversation of men as if I were really dead. Like the slain, whom thou rememberest no more Whom thou seemest wholly to neglect and to bury in oblivion. He speaks of these matters, not as they are in truth, for he knew very well that forgetfulness was not incident to God, and that God did remember all the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

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

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 88:1

Title. Maschil = Instruction. The eleventh of thirteen so named. See note on Title, Psalms 32:0 , and App-65 . The title, rearranged as above, removes the difficulty of this Psalm being ascribed to two different writers. Heman. Celebrated for wisdom (with Ethan, 89), 1 Kings 4:31 . 1Ch 6:33 , 1 Chronicles 6:44 ; 1 Chronicles 25:4 . He was a Kohathite, while Ethan was a Merarite. See App-63 and App-64 . Ezrahite. Put for Zerahite. Probably the name of a district. Compare the case of Elkanah... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 88:3

soul. Hebrew. nephesh ( App-13 ), for emphasis. the grave. Hebrew. Sheol. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 88:4

am = have been. I am = I am become. man. Hebrew. geber. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 88:5

Free = Set free: i.e. by death, so as to be free from the Law (according to the Talmud, Shabbath, vol. 151. B). the grave = sepulchre. Hebrew. keber. See App-35 . 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

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

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 88:4-5

Psalms 88:4-5. I am as a man that hath no strength— I am become as a man that hath no substance: [A mere shadow without solidity.] Psalms 88:5. Set loose among the dead: [Set at liberty, as it were, from under the hand, the government of God:] Like the slain that are laid in the sepulchre, whom thou rememberest no more; for they are cut off from under thy hand. The meaning is, that he was removed from all the affairs and conversation of men, as much as if he were really dead. Thus in 2Ch 26:21... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 88:1

1, 2. Compare on the terms used, Psalms 22:2; Psalms 31:2. read more

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