“Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?”
The reach of death: "Is your steadfast love declared in the grave, or your faithfulness in Abaddon?" The questions imply negative answers: the grave and Abaddon (the abyss, death-realm) are places where God's love and faithfulness cannot be proclaimed. Preservation of life becomes necessary for continuing worship.
Church Fathers on Psalms 88:11
1. The Title of this eighty-seventh Psalm contains a fresh subject for enquiry: the words occurring here, “for Melech to respond,” being nowhere else found. We have already given our opinion on the meaning of the titles Psalmus Cantici and Canticum Psalmi: and the words, “sons of Core,” are constantly repeated, and have often been explained: so also “to the end;” but what comes next in this title is peculiar. For “Melech” we may translate into Latin “for the chorus,” for…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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