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Psalms 88:7

Psalms 88:7
Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

The wrath lieth hard upon me,.... So some good men apprehend, when they are under afflictive dispensations of Providence, and are left of God, and have not his immediate presence, and the discoveries…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Thy wrath lieth hard upon me - Presses me down; burdens me. The meaning is, that that which was the proper and usual expression of wrath or displeasure - to wit, bodily and mental suffering - pressed…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 88:1-9

It should seem, by the titles of this and the following psalm, that Heman was the penman of the one and Ethan of the other. There were two, of these names, who were sons of Zerah the son of Judah, Ch1…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Thy wrath&c. Cp. Psa 32:4; Psa 38:2.

thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves Cp. Psa 42:7 for the metaphor.