Psalm 88:16

16 beatus populus qui scit iubilationem Domine in lumine vultus tui ambulabunt

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 tuum brachium cum potentia firmetur manus tua et exaltetur dextera tua

15 iustitia et iudicium praeparatio sedis tuae misericordia et veritas praecedent faciem tuam

16 beatus populus qui scit iubilationem Domine in lumine vultus tui ambulabunt

17 et in nomine tuo exultabunt tota die et in iustitia tua exaltabuntur

18 quoniam gloria virtutis eorum tu es et in beneplacito tuo exaltabitur cornu nostrum