What is the Dark Night of the Soul and is it in the Bible?
Britt Mooney
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Psalm 88:17
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They surround me like a flood all day long; they close in upon me together.
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Psalm 88:17 Meaning and Commentary
Psalms 88:17
They came round about me daily like water
That is, the terrors of the Lord, the sorrows of death and hell, ( Psalms 18:4 Psalms 18:5 ) , this was the Messiah's case, when it was with him as is expressed ( Psalms 69:1 Psalms 69:2 ) ,
they compassed me about together;
as waters coming from many places, from all quarters, meet together, and together surround a person or place in such circumstances was Christ, when the bulls of Bashan beset him around, and the assembly of the wicked enclosed him, and innumerable evils encompassed him about, ( Psalms 22:12 Psalms 22:16 ) ( 40:12 ) .
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Psalm 88:17 In-Context
15
Afflicted and close to death from my youth up, I suffer thy terrors; I am helpless.
16
Thy wrath has swept over me; thy dread assaults destroy me.
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They surround me like a flood all day long; they close in upon me together.
18
Thou hast caused lover and friend to shun me; my companions are in darkness.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.