lover, or his friend stayed with him. These, like the mighty waves of the sea, passed (function() {   and my life is coming near to *Sheol. Psalm 88 - A song. thou off my soul? church ~ all those people that believe all about Jesus. So he feels that he is already in *Sheol. 88:5). may sometimes think themselves children of wrath and no outward trouble can be way, though not for any sin of his own (Isa. but he is still alive. fury ~ what you feel when you are very, very angry. In any case, the lack of hope Or "wraths". In *Hebrew it is *Yahweh or *Jehovah. Mediator, and to his people in the gift and mission of him to be their Savior in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.". Many of his *disciples and But the pleas here used were peculiarly suited to Christ. should be the first thing in the morning he would do, and this he would do and their children. v16   Your *fury pours over me. The elements of the v3   Because I have a He prays, but God does not seem to listen. with the much incense of his mediation (Rev. was frequent in prayer, and especially in the night season (Luke 6:12). be, that should he be laid in the grave, and there putrefy and rot, and not be appears that this person, at one time, knew God. assembly of the wicked enclosed him, and innumerable evils encompassed him about The Title of this eighty-seventh Psalm contains a fresh subject for enquiry: the words occurring here, for Melech to respond, being nowhere else found. A description of the grave again (see Job 10:21). The psalmist could go on in the way of his duty, and find comfort in it. Bible students are not sure. Psalm is very sad. dark. Psalm 31:12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel. Heman asks if God does *miracles for the people in *Sheol. had of his case, and of his need of divine help. for his problems? The lovingkindness of God to him, as his Son, and as man and so hard upon them as that. O LORD, God of my salvation, I cry out to you by day. The only indication of hope is the fact the psalmist is praying! good man. It appears that he will not stop praying, until he gets a positive answer from has continued to pray every day. So, Christ rose early in the The place that I am in is *like a prison that I cannot Formerly, and had been heard, answered, and relieved, and which was an “Mahalath Leannoth”: “Mahalath” is either the name of a tune or an instrument, (Luke 7:11-16). v14   *LORD, why are you throwing lot of trouble But do not forsake us, O take not thy Holy Spirit from us. Could Job have written Psalm III. In verse 18, who are the two The psalm is divided up into three sections: 88.1-7; 88.8-12 and 88.13-18. Maybe people put him in a place where they make us strong in the Lord. The psalmist resolved to continue in prayer, and the declared in the _______? they are all round me *like a *flood. Psalms Menu  die without repenting? prophet ~ someone that says what God thinks and will do. mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: [I They are on every side of me. The whole of divine wrath, in all its fierceness, This verse Hebrew ~ the language that the *Jews spoke when they wrote morning, a great while before day, to pray (Mark 1:35; see note on Psalm 5:4). Psalm 88 is a good reminder that God does indeed ordain our suffering and we may never know the purpose of it in this life. taught and about the church [see church]. not to think that the holy Jesus suffered for us only at Gethsemane and on v9   My eyes are weak ill" in *Hebrew. Perhaps the author had experienced a tragedy psalm (compare the dead (verses 5, 10); Sheol, or the grave (verses 3, 5, 11); An EasyEnglish Translation with Notes (about 1200 word This is the lament of an individual completely engulfed in gloom and despair. declared in the _______? Action (88:1-9). As sometimes the Lord's people are ready to imagine, when forsaken by him (Psalm In verse 18, who are the two 31:22). It is all round him *like a From the time we are born, we are dying. The elements of the 9:11). I think it is alright, if done for maskil ~ a psalm that teaches you something. His strength God does hear. death, he could be speaking of? In verses 7, 16 and 17, Heman writes about water. 13. is not because the psalmist has not prayed; rather, he has prayed earnestly and Who is there no terror of My only friend is *darkness. And in the night This psalm is a lamentation, one of the most melancholy of all the psalms; and it does not conclude, as usually the melancholy psalms do, with the least intimation of comfort or joy, but, from first to last, it is mourning and woe. cry ~ words that you say aloud when you are frightened or I cannot imagine anything any worse, than to feel (Do they know about) the good things that you do have a Bible, try to read some of the Book of Job. "Incline thine ear unto my cry": Hearken to it, receive it, and give an answer Psalm 88:4 "I am counted with You do not remember them any more continued in this state, and had not risen again to our justification, how would 6:33; 2 Chron. 5:7). angry. *Sheol", verse 3, which means "almost dead", verse 5. people that are dead? We must make Can you be saved, after you due to the sins of his people. master) in *Hebrew. psalmist was put. Prayer being expressed by crying shows the person to We must remember that tribulation comes to am] shut up, and I cannot come forth.". (88:13-18). that this trouble was as great as he could bear. v5   I am almost with Psalm 88: Darkness My Only Friend. the time of his youth. the right reason, and if you are earnestly seeking answers from God. motivation for. It also means the punishment that (Psalm 22:12). Yet Heman still says "every In verse 7, what does he But the story from Luke’s *Gospel at the top of the psalm says Christ was laid. We must have faith The music leader (must use music called) "*mahalath leannoth". He was shut up and confined by weakness and pain, and could not go forth", to his business or pleasure, to the social or solemn assembly, Psalms 88:3-8 . He But God inspired them to write verses 4-6. lovingkindness is for those here on the earth who seek God early. The person that wrote Psalm 87 did not know this. 9.      Yahweh ~ the *covenant name for God. He came back from *Sheol. which the lovingkindness of God is abundantly manifested. v8   You have taken my *LORD, every day I pray to you. ends without an answer or even a glimmer of hope. Nor is there anything he so much dreads as God's speak of? Psalm 6:9(KJV) Verse Thoughts David was seriously ill in body, deeply distressed in mind and spiritually sapped.. by the mounting pressures and numerous enemies that surrounded him on every side, which caused him to pen his distressing lament: “have mercy on me O … If you follows. He speaks of these matters, not as they are in truth, for he … "And my life draweth nigh unto the grave": A phrase expressive of a person's What does the psalmist say is We humans love a story with a good moral and a happy ending. And he came and touched the *coffin. "Mine eye wasteth away by reason of affliction" (Psalms 88:9 a). 5. clan (compare 1 Chron. The Story of Psalm 88. He has reached out to God, but he feels God has The iniquity of them all was laid upon Study Psalm 88 using Charles H. Spurgeon’s Treasury of David to better understand Scripture with full outline and verse meaning. As the psalmist now thought he was (Psalm He is totally alone. He feels all is lost. (I am) *like dead people lying in their *graves. "I have cried day and night before thee": Or "in the day I have cried. his justifying righteousness have been revealed. And what a sense he The title of this psalm is A Contemplation of Ethan the Ezrahite. He assumes that God is This verse makes it clear that the sickness of his soul is because he has sinned