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The Depth of Despair
Commentators describe the psalmist's feeling as being completely overwhelmed, as if by floodwaters or being utterly "extinguished." The language expresses a total, hopeless state of prostration, feeling as if God's full and fierce wrath has passed over him, cutting him off from life and hope.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 88:16
18th Century
Theologian
Your fierce wrath goes over me – Like waters. See (Psalms 88:7).
Your terrors have cut me off – That is, I am as o…
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 88:16
19th Century
Bishop
Have cut me off. —Or, extinguished me. The form of the verb is very peculiar, and is variously explained. All that is cer…
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 88:15–18
19th Century
Preacher
There the Psalm ends. It is a sorrowful wail, and it comes to a close when you do not expect it to finish. It really has no finish to it, as when m…
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John Gill
On Psalms 88:16
17th Century
Pastor
Your fierce wrath goes over me
Or "wraths" F8 , burning wrath; the whole of divine wrath, in all its fier…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 88:10–18
17th Century
Minister
Departed souls may declare God's faithfulness, justice, and lovingkindness; but deceased bodies can neither receive God's favors in comfort, nor re…