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Wednesday, December 4th, 2024
the First Week of Advent
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Bible Commentaries
Psalms 88

Wesley's Explanatory NotesWesley's Notes

Verse 4

I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:

Counted — l am given up by my friends for a lost man.

Verse 5

Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.

Free — 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.

Verse 7

Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. /*Selah*/.

Waves — With they judgments, breaking in furiously upon me like the waves of the sea.

Verse 10

Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? /*Selah*/.

Wonders — In raising them to life.

To praise thee — In this world?

Verse 12

Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?

Forgetfulness — In the grave, where men are forgotten by their nearest relations.

Verse 13

But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.

Prevent — Come to thee before the dawning of the day, or the rising of the sun.

Verse 17

They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.

Water — As the waters of the sea encompass him who is in the midst of it.

Bibliographical Information
Wesley, John. "Commentary on Psalms 88". "John Wesley's Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/wen/psalms-88.html. 1765.
 
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