Psalms 88  The Book of Psalms Chapter 88  Chapter Overview:
This is the most melancholy of all the psalms: it is all
lamentation, and mourning, and woe. Here we have the pressure of
spirit which the psalmist was under, ver. 1 - 9. His humble
pleadings with God, ver. 10 - 14. A farther declaration of his
affliction, ver. 15 - 18. Title of the psalm. Leannoth - Which
seems to be the name of the instrument. Heman - Probably the
same person who was famous in David's time, both for his skill
in musick, and for wisdom. 88:4Counted - l am given up by my
friends for a lost man. 88:5Free - Well nigh discharged from the
warfare of the present life, and entered as a member into the
society of the dead. Whom - Thou seemest to neglect and bury in
oblivion. 88:7Waves - With they judgments, breaking in furiously
upon me like the waves of the sea. 88:10Wonders - In raising
them to life. To praise thee - In this world? 88:12Forgetfulness
- In the grave, where men are forgotten by their nearest
relations. 88:13Prevent - Come