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A Cry of Total Abandonment
Commentators agree this verse expresses the lowest point of despair. The psalmist feels not just near death, but completely forgotten by God and 'cut off' from His care. Charles Spurgeon calls this the 'most dreadful depth' of the psalm, capturing a feeling of utter spiritual desolation that believers can experience in times of intense suffering.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 88:5
18th Century
Theologian
Free among the dead—Luther renders this, “I lie forgotten among the dead.” DeWette renders it, “Pertaining to the dead—(den Todten …
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 88:5
19th Century
Bishop
Free among the dead ... —So the old versions, without exception, take chaphshî as an adjective, as in Job 3:19 (where it …
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 88:5
19th Century
Preacher
Free among the dead.
A freeman of the sepulcher, at home at death's dark door: Free among the dead.
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John Calvin
On Psalms 88:5
16th Century
Theologian
Free among the dead, lie the slain who lie in the grave. The prophet intended to express something more distressing and grievous than comm…
John Gill
On Psalms 88:5
17th Century
Pastor
Free among the dead
If he was a freeman, it was only among the dead, not among the living; if he was free of any cit…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 88:1–9
17th Century
Minister
The first words of the psalmist are the only words of comfort and support in this psalm. Good people can be so greatly afflicted, and may have such…