- In Psalms 88:4-6 the pleader indicates that he is at the brink of death; is it illness — attack from others — is it specified?
- Does the word “pit” serve as another term for Sheol — that is, death?
- When the author says “among the dead like bodies lying in the grave, of whom You are mindful no more, and who are cut off from Your care” — would this indicate that there is no concept of immortality or afterlife?
- Who is it that the Psalmist blames for his difficulties and for the threat to his life?
- And, in Psalms 88:11-13, do the rhetorical questions clearly indicate a rejection of any concept that “there is anything after death”?
- Is there any solace, or even a glimmer of hope in this particular Psalm?
- Keeping in mind the overall tenor of this passage, would not “into darkness” in Psalms 88:19 be more suitable than “out of my sight”?
