Psalms 88:16

16 Your burning anger has swept over me. Your terrors have destroyed me.

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 do you reject my soul, O LORD? Why do you hide your face from me?
15 Ever since I was young, I have been suffering and near death. I have endured your terrors, and now I am in despair.
16 Your burning anger has swept over me. Your terrors have destroyed me.
17 They swirl around me all day long like water. They surround me on all sides.
18 You have taken my loved ones and friends far away from me. Darkness is my only friend!
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