Psalms 88
Treated in 8 passages across the library.
The verses these writers stop at
- 88:14 LORD, why do you cast me off? Why do you turn your face away from me? 2
- 88:15 From my youth I have been afflicted and close to dying; I bear your terrors and am at a loss. 2
- 88:18 You have taken far from me those I love and my friends; my one companion is the dark. 2
- 88:7 Your fury presses down on me; you have crushed me under all your waves. Selah 1
- 88:16 Your blazing anger has rolled over me; your terrors have put an end to me. 1
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Where it is preached
- Evening by Evening ·
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…
- Real Questions – Book 2 ·
Is It Okay to Be Angry with God? cites Psalm 88:14
…me?” (Psalm 22:1). “Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me?” (Psalm 88:14). Psalm 88 doesn’t even end on a happy note. Its last line is “darkness is my closest…
- The Key Teachings of Martin Luther ·
Anfechtung: The Assaults of the Soul cites PSALM 88:14
…only accusation. LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me? PSALM 88:14 Strikingly, he came to believe that these assaults were not signs that his faith had…
- The Ten Commandments ·
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…
- The Saint and His Saviour ·
The Causes of Apparent Desertion cites Ps. lxxxviii. 15
…Goodwin. c Sibbs's Bowels Opened. d Matt. xx. 23. e Child of Light walking in Darkness f Ps. lxxxviii. 15. g 1 Kings, iv. 31. h Num. x. 31. i Thomas Hooker. j John xvi. 12. k Soul's Implantation…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 2 — Of Faith cites Psalm 88:16
…their sluggishness, so as not to fall into stupor by giving way to it. (See Calv. in Psalm 88:16). 18. To make this intelligible, we must return to the distinction between flesh and…
- The Pilgrim's Progress ·
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…
- Real Questions – Book 1 ·
If I’m Depressed, Is My Faith Weak? cites Psalm 88:18
…42:5). Psalm 88 ends with no happy turn at all: “darkness is my closest companion” (Psalm 88:18). God put that prayer in His Book, which tells you something: you’re allowed to bring Him…