“Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.”
God's wrath is experienced: "Your wrath lies heavy upon me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves." The supplicant experiences God's anger as an active force crushing and drowning. The wave imagery suggests being submerged in divine judgment.
Church Fathers on Psalms 88:7
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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