 Psalms is a book of prayers. It has 150 chapters, with only Psalms 39 and 88 ending in despair. Why are they there? Let’s learn from Psalm 88.
Psalm 88 talks about suffering, an inevitable aspect of life. In that Psalm, everything seemed to go wrong, with friends, loved ones, and life withering away. Felt totally rejected by God, the psalmist criticized and cross-examined God, V10-12. Such darkness could last for a very long time. V1&18. The Bible is realistic about the effect of suffering on people. Psalm 39 even ends asking God to turn away so the psalmist might enjoy life again before death. Though the psalmist was mad at God, the psalmist still prayed to Him. Psalm 88 was written by Heman. According to 1Chron6, he was in charge of music. Under him, Psalms 42-49 and some in the Psalm 80s were written. Just like darkness turning Job into someone great, darkness could have turned the psalmist into a great artist. Could he ever have imagined people thousands of years later still learning from his work? Has God really abandoned him? We, the self-centered, deserve God’s abandonment. To reconcile with us, God paid the heavy price. God, the Father, totally turned away from Christ, with absolute darkness falling upon Him. Matt27:45. Our loving God was willing to go through such pain for us. So, even seemingly in total darkness, we should trust God we are never totally stranded. Darkness may be the time we ask ourselves whether we follow God to get earthly stuffs from Him. That’s usually how we start with God because we couldn’t see Him. But as time goes by, after experiencing His power, love and wisdom, have we grown? Do we still serve ourselves or Him? Also, though Christ died a terrible death, He resurrected. One day we would resurrect. Nothing resurrection won’t fix. To conclude, suffering is inevitable and we may not understand why. But trust that God always loves us. Darkness may be the time we grow deeper in Him, changing us into someone more like Christ. Also, trust that, one day, we would live in glory with Him. Summarized from a Tim Keller’s sermon. https://gospelinlife.com/downloads/heman-s-cry-of-darkness-5556/ 如何应对我们的苦难？ 诗篇是一本祷告的诗集。 在150首诗篇中，只有第39篇和第88篇以绝望为结尾。这样的诗篇为什么会出现在那里呢？让我们从诗篇88章中学习其中的原因。 诗篇88章谈到苦难，一件生活中不能避免的事情。在这首诗篇中，作者悲叹良朋密友的遗弃和生命的凋谢，一切似乎都出了差错。 感到被上帝完全拒绝，作者反复地批评并质问上帝 （10-12节）。这样的黑暗可以何其漫长（1和18节）。 圣经直面苦难对人的影响，。诗篇39篇的作者甚至祈求上帝转面不看他，使他在死前再享受一些生命之乐。 虽然诗篇作者对上帝生气，但他仍然向祂祷告。 诗篇88篇的作者是希曼。根据历代志上第六章的记载，他是负责音乐的。诗篇42-49篇和诗篇84，85 和87篇都在他的领导下写成。 正如黑暗把约伯变成一个伟人，它可以使诗人成为伟大的艺术家。难道他能想象几千年后还会有人从他的诗歌中学习吗？上帝真的抛弃了他吗？ 自我为中心的我们得到上帝的遗弃本是罪有应得。然而，为了与我们和好，上帝付出了重大的代价。天父完全离弃了基督，极度的黑暗降临在祂的身上 （马太福音27：45）。 慈爱的上帝愿意为了我们的缘故经历如此的痛苦。所以，即使身处看似绝望的深淵，我们应该信靠上帝，知道我们永远不会真正陷入困境的。 黑暗临到之时，或许我们可以扪心自问，跟随上帝是否为了从祂那里得到属世的东西。这通常是我们开始跟从上帝的原因，因为我们不能看见祂。但随着时间的推移，在经历了祂的大能，慈爱和智慧之后，我们的生命成长了吗？我们依然在侍奉自己，还是已经开始在侍奉祂？ 不要忘记，就是基督也经历了残酷的死，但祂复活了。有一天我们也会复活。值得欣慰的是，没有任何事情是复活无法解决的！ 总而言之，苦难是不可避免的. 我们也许不能完全明白苦难为什么临到, 但相信上帝总是爱我们的。黑暗之时可能是我们更亲近祂的时候，可以使我们变得更像基督。有一天我们将与祂一起活在荣耀中。
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