Psalm 88:6
“Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.”
KJV
Read in Psalm 88Meaning
The imagery shifts from nearness to death to engulfing darkness. The psalmist attributes the situation to God in the direct language of lament, expressing experience rather than offering a simplistic formula for why every hardship occurs.
Darkness, affliction, and isolation
The sufferer describes being overwhelmed, isolated from companions, and still calling to God.
Read carefully
Psalm 88 voices the sufferer’s experience but does not provide a universal causal formula.
Reflection
Bring that perception to God without forcing a premature explanation.