Psalms 88 Summary

The psalmist cries day and night to God, his soul full of troubles, his life drawing near the grave. He counts himself among the dead and slain whom God no longer remembers, laid in the lowest pit in darkness with God's wrath bearing hard upon him. He is cut off from acquaintance and made an abomination to others, shut up and unable to come forth. His eye mourns from affliction as he stretches out his hands daily to God, questioning whether God shows wonders to the dead or if His lovingkindness is declared in the grave. The psalmist suffers God's fierce wrath and terrors, with lover and friend put far from him into darkness.