O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee: Psalms 88:1.-Invocation (Psalms 88:1); ground of the prayer, the suppliant's misery even unto death (Psalms 88:3); God's honour involved in his deliverance from death, because the grave is no scene for declaring God's praises (Ps... [ Continue Reading ]
_LET MY PRAYER COME BEFORE THEE: INCLINE THINE EAR UNTO MY CRY;_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave. MY LIFE DRAWETH NIGH UNTO THE GRAVE - Hebrew, 'unto Sheol;' distinct from the Hebrew which is rendered "grave" [ qeber (H6913)] properly in Psalms 88:5; Psalms 88:11. Compare with this verse Psalms 107:18.... [ Continue Reading ]
I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength: I AM COUNTED WITH THEM THAT GO DOWN INTO THE PIT - I am reckoned among them as one of them (). I AM AS A MAN THAT HATH NO STRENGTH - i:e., as a dead man; because the dead 'have no strength' ().... [ Continue Reading ]
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. FREE AMONG THE DEAD - i:e., severed from thy service. Compare as to the slave at death, Job 3:19, 'there the servant is free from his master.' As God's service is the high... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps. THOU HAST LAID ME IN THE LOWEST PIT, IN DARKNESS - rather, "in dark places," as in ; ; . IN THE DEEPS - of Sheol or Hades, 'the lower parts of the earth' (; ); "the lowest hell." Compare .... [ Continue Reading ]
Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah. THY WRATH LIETH HARD UPON ME - as a heavy burden (Psalms 38:3). THOU HAST AFFLICTED (ME) WITH ALL THY WAVES. SELAH - the tumultuous billows of trouble and pain (). The word "afflicted" in the Hebrew precedes th... [ Continue Reading ]
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. THOU HAST PUT AWAY MINE ACQUAINTANCE FAR FROM ME. So ; ; ; ; . Prophetical of Messiah disbelieved by His own brethren, and in His betrayal and crucifixion forsaken... [ Continue Reading ]
Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee. MINE EYE MOURNETH BY REASON OF AFFLICTION - literally, faileth or pineth away (; ). LORD, I HAVE CALLED DAILY UPON THEE, I HAVE STRETCHED OUT MY HANDS UNTO THEE, with the ey... [ Continue Reading ]
Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah. -Appeal to God's regard to His own honour as involved in delivering the suppliant; because it is to the living that God shows His wonders, and it is from the living that God receives praises with the perfect powers o... [ Continue Reading ]
But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee. BUT - notwithstanding these considerations, which would naturally create hope of relief, I cry in vain. AND IN THE MORNING SHALL MY PRAYER PREVENT THEE. "In the morning" implies the never-ceasing earnestness wi... [ Continue Reading ]
LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me? LORD, WHY CASTEST THOU OFF MY SOUL? WHY HIDEST THOU THY FACE FROM ME? - Messiah's cry on the cross (). Our sins were the cause; the time of deliverance was not yet, because not yet had the penalty been fully paid. 'Although th... [ Continue Reading ]
I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted. I AM AFFLICTED AND READY TO DIE FROM MY YOUTH UP. So Israel from the days of her youth as a nation (; ; ). As Israel's existence in her youth in Egypt was threatened by Pharaoh, so the antitype, Messiah,... [ Continue Reading ]
Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off. THY TERRORS HAVE CUT ME OFF - the same Hebrew ( tsimtuwtuniy (H6789)) as in Leviticus 25:23, where God saith, "the land shall not be sold for cutting off (margin), because the land is mine. Yet thy terrors are so utterly cutting ME off... [ Continue Reading ]
They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together. THEY CAME ROUND ABOUT ME DAILY LIKE WATER. "They," i:e., "thy terrors" (). THEY COMPASSED ME ABOUT TOGETHER - all at one time.... [ Continue Reading ]
Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness. LOVER AND FRIEND HAST THOU PUT FAR FROM ME, AND MINE ACQUAINTANCES INTO DARKNESS - literally, 'mine acquaintances ... darkness;' i:e., instead of acquaintances, there is only a gloomy blank, the darkness of Hades. T... [ Continue Reading ]