Psalm 88 is another psalm by the Sons of Korah attributed specifically to Heman the Ezrahite. It is probably the most dreary downbeat psalm of all. The writer has one foot in the grave throughout and at no moment in its 18 verses does there even peep through a glimpse of sunshine amidst the dark gloomy clouds of depression, doom and death. It was clearly written by someone with long term suffering who can get no relief. Heman says: "Day and night I cry out... my soul is full of trouble... I'm set apart with the dead... you have put me in the lowest pit... your wrath lies heavily upon me... you have taken me from my closest friends... why Lord do you reject me... from my youth I have been afflicted and close to death... the darkness is my closest friend!"
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