Psalms 88:6-7
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Other commentaries on this verse
- John Gill - Exposition - Psalms 88
- John Gill - Exposition - Psalms 88:6
- John Gill - Exposition - Psalms 88:7
- Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Psalms 88
Psalms 88:6-7. Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps. Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah,
Very properly here comes a "Selah." Such a strain upon the harp-strings had put them all out of tune; so the players had notice to retune their harps, and the singers were bidden to lift up the strain of their song. It seems to me as if the writer here lifted his head above the waves of the tempestuous sea, and still kept on swimming.