Psalm 88 has been described as “the saddest psalm in the Psalter.” From beginning to end, Heman the Ezrahite’s words throb with immense pain in the midst of great darkness. Read slowly his words pregnant with anguish: Send article as PDF
Dark and difficult days are a fact of life. Paul spoke to Timothy of “perilous days” (2nd Timothy 3:1). About a thousand years prior, David cried: “Help, Lord, for the godly man ceases! For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men”…