'Darkness is my closest friend' (Ps 88:18b): Reflections on the saddest psalm in the Psalter
<p>On the face of it, there are no bright spots in Psalm 88 � no hope at all for the bitterly lamenting psalmist, or seemingly for his readers today either. This intensely individual complaint expresses �the dark night of the soul � a state of intense spiritual anguish in which the struggling,...
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2016-03-01
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| Series: | Verbum et Ecclesia |
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| Online Access: | http://verbumetecclesia.org.za/index.php/VE/article/view/1543 |