Praying in Distress, Part 3 of 4

PRAYING IN DISTRESS
An Exposition of Psalm 88
The distressed saint persists in prayer.
THE TESTIMONY OF THIS PSALM

1. The Holy Speaker and His Holy Words
2. His Faithfulness in Prayer
3. His Acute Distress
   • Its full measure
   • Its association with dying and death
   • Its awareness of God's wrath
   • Its isolation and grief from society
   • Its prolonged torment
4. His Appeal to God
5. His Temporary Disappointment
   THE THEOLOGY OF THIS PSALM
6. Who Is the Holy Speaker?
7. Why Does He Suffer?
8. How Long Does He Suffer?
9. Can We, Too, Sing this Lament?
   THE THERAPY OF THIS PSALM
10. Believer, Christ was distressed for you
11. Believer, Christ now sympathizes with you
12. Believer, Christ will deliver you