Psalms Chapter 88 [YLT]

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1 A Song, a Psalm, by sons of Korah, to the Overseer, 'Concerning the Sickness of Afflictions.' An instruction, by Heman the Ezrahite.
O Jehovah, God of my salvation, Daily I have cried, nightly before Thee,
2 My prayer cometh in before Thee, Incline Thine ear to my loud cry,
3 For my soul hath been full of evils, And my life hath come to Sheol. Is full of troubles – Rendered "evil" in "I create evil." (Isa. 45:7) A125

Nigh unto the grave – Sheol, oblivion, death, not torment. E365


4 I have been reckoned with those going down [to] the pit, I have been as a man without strength. I am counted – By my enemies; but none will be in this class whose hearts are in the attitude of the Psalmist. R2338:2

The writer is not declaring his own opinion, but merely saying how he is regarded by others. R2338:2


5 Among the dead free, As pierced ones lying in the grave, Whom Thou hast not remembered any more, Yea, they by Thy hand have been cut off. Lie in the grave – Qebar, tomb, place of interment. E348

Rememberest no more – Disesteemed by others as one unworthy of any future life, remanded to the Second Death. R2338:2


6 Thou hast put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in depths.
7 Upon me hath Thy fury lain, And [with] all Thy breakers Thou hast afflicted. Selah.
8 Thou hast put mine acquaintance far from me, Thou hast made me an abomination to them, Shut up I go not forth.
9 Mine eye hath grieved because of affliction, I called Thee, O Jehovah, all the day, I have spread out unto Thee my hands.
10 To the dead dost Thou do wonders Do Rephaim rise do they thank Thee Selah.
11 Is Thy kindness recounted in the grave Thy faithfulness in destruction Declared in the grave – There must be a resurrection before they can give God thanks. HG121:5

12 Are Thy wonders known in the darkness And Thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness Land of forgetfulness – Not pain, suffering or remorse. R2599:2

Where we can neither help nor hinder, do good or do harm. SM28:T

A condition of extinction. CR209:1*

Thus Lazarus and others were silent about their experiences in hades. R822:6*

"There is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, in the grave whither thou goest." (Eccl. 9:10) R2599:2


13 And I, unto Thee, O Jehovah, I have cried, And in the morning doth my prayer come before Thee. In the morning – Of the resurrection, the Millennium. A9; E359

14 Why, O Jehovah, castest Thou off my soul Thou hidest Thy face from me.
15 I [am] afflicted, and expiring from youth, I have borne Thy terrors I pine away.
16 Over me hath Thy wrath passed, Thy terrors have cut me off,
17 They have surrounded me as waters all the day, They have gone round against me together,
18 Thou hast put far from me lover and friend, Mine acquaintance [is] the place of darkness!
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