This is the saddest and most despairing of all the Pss. The writer is apparently the victim of some incurable disease like leprosy, with which he has been afflicted from his youth (Psalms 88:15), and which cuts him off from the society of men (Psalms 88:8; Psalms 88:18). His life is already a living... [ Continue Reading ]
THE GRAVE] RV 'Sheol,' the under-world of the dead. 4 STRENGTH] RV 'help.'... [ Continue Reading ]
FREE] RV 'cast off.'... [ Continue Reading ]
PIT.. DARKNESS (RV 'dark places').. DEEPS] expressions for Sheol.... [ Continue Reading ]
MOURNETH] RV 'wasteth away.'... [ Continue Reading ]
IN DESTRUCTION] RV 'in Destruction.' The Heb. is _Abaddon,_ used as a proper name for Sheol: see Job 26:6; Job 28:22; Job 31:12; Proverbs 15:11; Proverbs 27:20; Revelation 9:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
PREVENT] RV 'come before.... [ Continue Reading ]
DAILY] RV 'all the day long.'... [ Continue Reading ]