It is not of so much importance to enquire, by what hand the Holy Ghost sent this Psalm to the church, especially as the Lord the Spirit hath not thought proper to inform us. But it should seem to be that Heman which is spoken of, 1 Chronicles 25:4. If, however, the Lord the Holy Ghost referred to the person and afflictions of Jesus, in what is here recorded, it may serve to teach us how very important a part it was intended to form in the temple service, when such a Psalm, or Song, was composed for the daily use of the sons of Korah; these miserable sons of fallen nature, who, but for the redemption through the sufferings and soul-travail of Jesus, must have thus groaned forever! Reader, are we not prompted to perceive Christ in this pouring out of the soul? Was there ever sorrow like unto his sorrow, wherewith the Lord afflicted him, in the day of his fierce anger? Lamentations 1:12. Observe how the blessed Jesus, in these soul cries, as the Surety and Representative of his people, calls God, the God of his salvation; intimating, that from Him he looked for an assured deliverance; and reminding the Father, both for himself and people, that the end must be blessed. Hebrews 5:7-9.
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Psalms 88:1-2
1 O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:
2 Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;