Friday, April 29, 2011

Psalm 88

Some believe that Psalm 88 is a prophecy psalm of our Messiah, to be read imagining our Savior suffering in a dark dungeon beneath the house of the high preist following His mock trial by the religious leaders in the early morning hours just prior to His appearance before Governor Pilate.

Psalm 88 (NLT) -- A song. A psalm of the Sons of Korah. For the director of music. According to mahalath leannoth.[b] A maskil[c] of Heman the Ezrahite.

1 LORD, you are the God who saves me;
day and night I cry out to you.
2 May my prayer come before you;
turn your ear to my cry.
3 I am overwhelmed with troubles
and my life draws near to death.
4 I am counted among those who go down to the pit;
I am like one without strength.
5 I am set apart with the dead,
like the slain who lie in the grave,
whom you remember no more,
who are cut off from your care.
6 You have put me in the lowest pit,
in the darkest depths.
7 Your wrath lies heavily on me;
you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.
8 You have taken from me my closest friends
and have made me repulsive to them.
I am confined and cannot escape;
9 my eyes are dim with grief.
I call to you, LORD, every day;
I spread out my hands to you.
10 Do you show your wonders to the dead?
Do their spirits rise up and praise you?
11 Is your love declared in the grave,
your faithfulness in Destruction?
12 Are your wonders known in the place of darkness,
or your righteous deeds in the land of oblivion?
13 But I cry to you for help, LORD;
in the morning my prayer comes before you.
14 Why, LORD, do you reject me
and hide your face from me?
15 From my youth I have suffered and been close to death;
I have borne your terrors and am in despair.
16 Your wrath has swept over me;
your terrors have destroyed me.
17 All day long they surround me like a flood;
they have completely engulfed me.
18 You have taken from me friend and neighbor—
darkness is my closest friend.

Holiness Unto the LORD!
Grateful

2 comments:

KLW said...

This psalm represents those occasional moments, when even strong believers find themselves distracted from the faith. In verse 15 David says he had been dealing with one affliction, trouble or another since his youth. Now he is distracted or unfocused. He wants to believe differently but can't. He wants to get back on track but finds it difficult.

It is described as the saddest of the psalms because it presents a picture of a strong believer who is down in the dumps and can't see his way out! It represents those times when normally strong believers are weak; when the highly visible become invisible; when the intensely active become inactive. It is a time when a believer is overcome by the dark!

David did not stay in his depressed condition, but the psalm suggests that all believers can reach such a point. They are restored when they, like David,ask God to renew a ri

i am Grateful... Kerry i am. said...

God commentary.