Psalms - Chapter-88
Chapter Summary
Lamentation over trouble and pleading with God for mercy.
Discussion Questions for Psalms, Chapter 88
- How do hardships grow our faith? (NASB) How have you seen your faith grow in times of trial?
- How do verses 8-9 relate to Job 19? (NASB) What does it teach us about God when those closest to us abandon us?
- What do we learn from the text about how we are to respond when others wrong us? (NASB)
- What is the theme of Psalmists appeal to the Lord to spare his life? (NASB) How does this relate to Philippians 1:21-24?
- What is "Abaddon" referring to? (NASB) What is a bibilcal understanding of Satan and evil spirits?
- What does the text teach us about crying out to the Lord? (NASB) Is it approriate to cry out to the Lord in our times of hardship?
- What does the text teach us regarding how we can comfort others who are suffering? (NASB)
- What does it mean that the Psalmist spread out his hands before the Lord? (NASB) What can we learn about prayer from this?
- What do we learn about the extent of the Psalmists troubles? (NASB)
- Why does the Psalmist emphasize the term “darkness” multiple times? (NASB) How does Jesus dispel the darkness and how do we as believers participate in that?
Key Words/Phrase
Characters
God, Psalmist.