# Psalm 88 Explained: Faith in Unrelenting Darkness

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Published: 2026-05-07T12:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

In this episode of Reading the Bible Daily with Dave, Dave Jenkins walks through Psalm 88, one of the most sobering and honest psalms in all of Scripture. Psalm 88 gives voice to deep suffering, unanswered prayer, and spiritual darkness—yet it calls believers to continue crying out to God in faith even when relief does not come. This episode explains how biblical faith is not the absence of struggle, but persistence in prayer through seasons of sorrow and silence. For more episodes of Reading the Bible Daily with Dave, visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/reading-the-bible-daily-with-dave/

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