Psalm 88:16

16 (87-17) Thy wrath hath come upon me: and thy terrors have troubled me.

Psalm 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 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

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

Psalm 88:16 In-Context

14 (87-15) Lord, why castest thou off my prayer: why turnest thou away thy face from me?

15 (87-16) I am poor, and in labours from my youth: and being exalted have been humbled and troubled.

16 (87-17) Thy wrath hath come upon me: and thy terrors have troubled me.

17 (87-18) They have come round about me like water all the day: they have compassed me about together.

18 (87-19) Friend and neighbour thou hast put far from me: and my acquaintance, because of misery.