Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: [I am] shut up, and I cannot come forth. 8. Like Job he is deserted even by his familiar friends (not merely acquaintance, as A.V.), and this is due to the act of God, Who has smitten him … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 88:8”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 88:7
Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted [me] with all thy waves. Selah. 7. Thy wrath &c.] Cp. Psa 32:4; Psa 38:2. thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves ] Cp. Psa 42:7 for the metaphor. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Thy wrath lieth hard upon me – … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 88:7”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 88:6
Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps. 6. Thou hast laid me ] God is treating him as though he were actually dead. The same word is used in the same connexion in Psa 49:14. in the lowest pit ] The nether world in the depths of the earth. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 88:6”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 88:5
Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand. 5. Free among the dead ] There can hardly be any allusion to Job 3:19, where the word is used of a welcome release from servitude, for it is a … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 88:5”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 88:4
I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man [that hath] no strength: 4. He is regarded as a dying man. The pit is the grave or Sheol. Cp. Psa 28:1; Psa 143:7; Psa 22:29; Pro 1:12. that hath no strength ] Like the feeble shadows of the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 88:4”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 88:3
For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave. 3. For &c.] He pleads the urgency of his need as the ground for a hearing. draweth nigh &c.] Hath drawn nigh unto Sheol, the gloomy nether world which is the abode of the departed. Cp. Psa 6:5; Psa 107:18. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 88:3”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 88:2
Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry; 2. come before thee ] Enter into thy presence (R.V. from P.B.V.). Cp. Psa 18:6; Psa 79:11. my prayer my cry ] Cp. Psa 17:1; Psa 61:1. The word for ‘cry’ denotes a shrill piercing cry, frequently of joy, but sometimes, as here, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 88:2”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 88:1
A Song [or] Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day [and] night before thee: 1. O Lord God &c.] Jehovah, the God of my salvation. Cp. Psa 27:9. I have cried day and night … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 88:1”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 87:7
As well the singers as the players on instruments [shall be there]: all my springs [are] in thee. 7. Conclusion. The Psalm ends as abruptly as it began, with a verse which is enigmatic in its brevity. It is best explained as an outline picture of the universal rejoicing with which the citizens of Zion … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 87:7”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 87:6
The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, [that] this [man] was born there. Selah. 6. Jehovah shall reckon, when he registers the peoples, ‘This one was born there.’ Jehovah holds His census of the nations, and writes their names down in His book. One after another of them He registers as ‘born … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 87:6”