Psalm 88:7

7 Auf mir liegt schwer dein Grimm, und mit allen deinen Wellen hast du mich niedergedrückt. (Sela.)

Psalm 88:7 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 88:7

The wrath lieth hard upon me
So some good men apprehend, when they are under afflictive dispensations of Providence, and are left of God, and have not his immediate presence, and the discoveries of his love; though fury is not in him, nor does any wrath in reality fall upon them, only it seems so to them; see ( Psalms 38:1 Psalms 38:2 ) ( Lamentations 3:1 ) , but the wrath of God did really lie with all the effects of it upon Christ, as the surety of his people, when he was made sin, and a curse for them; see ( Psalms 89:38 ) ,

and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves;
the afflictions of God's people are compared to waves and billows of the sea, which are many, and come one upon the back of another, and threaten to overwhelm and sink; see ( Psalms 42:7 ) and so the sufferings of Christ are signified by waters coming into him, and floods overflowing him; and hence they are called a baptism, ( Psalms 69:1 Psalms 69:2 ) ( Luke 12:50 ) , and these were brought upon him by the Lord; he spared him not; he laid the whole chastisement, all the punishment due to the sins of his people, on him; he caused every wave to come upon him, and him to endure all sorrows and sufferings the law and justice of God could require.

Selah. (See Gill on Psalms 3:2).

Psalm 88:7 In-Context

5 unter den Toten hingestreckt, gleich Erschlagenen, die im Grabe liegen, derer du nicht mehr gedenkst; denn sie sind von deiner Hand abgeschnitten.
6 Du hast mich in die tiefste Grube gelegt, in Finsternisse, in Tiefen.
7 Auf mir liegt schwer dein Grimm, und mit allen deinen Wellen hast du mich niedergedrückt. (Sela.)
8 Meine Bekannten hast du von mir entfernt, hast mich ihnen zum Greuel gesetzt; ich bin eingeschlossen und kann nicht herauskommen.
9 Mein Auge verschmachtet vor Elend; zu dir, Jehova, habe ich jeden Tag gerufen, zu dir habe ich meine Hände ausgebreitet.
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