Psalm 88:1-5

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 88:3

3. grave—literally, "hell" (Psalms 16:10), death in wide sense. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 88:4

4. go . . . pit—of destruction (Psalms 28:1). as a man—literally, "a stout man," whose strength is utterly gone. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Psalms 88:5

5. Free . . . dead—Cut off from God's care, as are the slain, who, falling under His wrath, are left, no longer sustained by His hand. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 88:1-2

These verses are an introduction to what follows. The psalmist announced that he prayed unceasingly to the God from whom he hoped to receive deliverance. He pleaded with God to entertain his request and act upon it by saving him."In the midst of tribulation, faith holds on to the God who has promised to deliver." [Note: Ibid., p. 565.] read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 88:1-9

1. The sufferer’s affliction 88:1-9a read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 88:1-18

Psalms 88This is one of the saddest of the psalms. One writer called it the "darkest corner of the Psalter." [Note: R. E. O. White, "Psalms," in the Evangelical Commentary on the Bible, p. 388.] It is an individual lament. It relates the prayer of a person who suffered intensely over a long time yet continued to trust in the Lord."Psalms 88 is an embarrassment to conventional faith. It is the cry of a believer (who sounds like Job) whose life has gone awry, who desperately seeks contact with... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 88:3-9

aEvidently the psalmist’s suffering had resulted in his friends separating from him. God, too, had apparently abandoned him. Heman felt very close to death. He viewed his condition as coming directly from God. He felt alone and miserable."One of the first steps toward revival is to be completely transparent when we pray and not tell the Lord anything that is not true or that we do not really mean." [Note: Wiersbe, The . . . Wisdom . . ., p. 250.] read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 88:1-18

This is the saddest and most despairing of all the Pss. The writer is apparently the victim of some incurable disease like leprosy, with which he has been afflicted from his youth (Psalms 88:15), and which cuts him off from the society of men (Psalms 88:8, Psalms 88:18). His life is already a living death (Psalms 88:3-6), and beyond death he has no hope (Psalms 88:10-12). He traces his trouble to God’s displeasure (Psalms 88:7, Psalms 88:14, Psalms 88:16), yet it is to God that he turns in... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 88:3

(3) Grave.—Sheôl. Here, as in Psalms 6:4-5; Psalms 33:19; Isaiah 38:10-11, there comes into prominence the thought that death severs the covenant relation with God, and so presents an irresistible reason why prayer should be heard now before it is too late. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 88:4

(4) As a man . . .—Rather, like a hero whose strength is gone. read more

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