Psalms 88:18 — Meaning and Application

Psalms 88:1

"[A Song {or} Psalm for the sons of Korah, to the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite.] O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day {and} night before thee: {for the sons: or, of the sons} {Maschil...: or, A Psalm of Heman the Ezrahite, giving instruction}"

Psalms 88:2

"Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;"

Psalms 88:3

"For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave."

Psalms 88:4

"I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man {that hath} no strength:"

Psalms 88:5

"Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand. {from: or, by}"

Psalms 88:6

"Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps."