Psalms 88

Treated in 3 passages across the library.

The verses these writers stop at

  • 88:7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, And thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves.[Selah 1
  • 88:15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: While I suffer thy terrors I am distracted. 1
  • 88:18 Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, And mine acquaintance into darkness. 1

American Standard Version

Where it is preached

  1. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The Seventh Stage cites Psa. 88:18

    …did; they were, therefore, here in evil case, and were far from friends and acquaintance. Psa. 88:18. Now in this place Christian had double sorrow, because it was through his unadvised coun…

  2. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    3.3 The Wrath of God cites Psa 88: 15

    … the heart. ‘While I suffer thy terrors, I am distracted; thy fierce wrath goes over me.’ Psa 88: 15, 16. Luther, in desertion, was in such horror of mind, that nec calor, nec sanguis supere…

  3. Evening by Evening · Charles H. Spurgeon

    April cites Psalm 88:7

    …has the meaning of leaning heavily, as in the expression, “thy wrath lieth hard upon me” (Psalm 88:7). Surely this is the very essence and nature of faith, which doth not only bring us into …