Psalms 88:16

16 Over me hath Thy wrath passed, Thy terrors have cut me off,

Psalms 88:16 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 88:16

Thy fierce wrath goeth over me
Or "wraths" F8, burning wrath; the whole of divine wrath, in all its fierceness, due to the sins of his people: these, like the mighty waves of the sea, passed over him, threatening to overwhelm him, ( Psalms 89:38 ) ,

thy terrors have cut me off;
from the presence of God, and out of his sight; as sometimes the Lord's people are ready to imagine, when forsaken by him, ( Psalms 31:22 ) or from the land of the living, as the Messiah was, and in a judicial way, though not for any sin of his own, ( Isaiah 53:8 ) ( Daniel 9:26 ) .


FOOTNOTES:

F8 (Kynwrx) "irae tuae", Pagninus, Montanus; "furores tui", Musculus, Tigurine version.

Psalms 88:16 In-Context

14 Why, O Jehovah, castest Thou off my soul? Thou hidest Thy face from me.
15 I [am] afflicted, and expiring from youth, I have borne Thy terrors -- I pine away.
16 Over me hath Thy wrath passed, Thy terrors have cut me off,
17 They have surrounded me as waters all the day, They have gone round against me together,
18 Thou hast put far from me lover and friend, Mine acquaintance [is] the place of darkness!
Young's Literal Translation is in the public domain.