Related commentaries – Despair

The Depths of Despair – Psalms 88:1 – 88:18

Despair That Precedes Potential Progress

Despair of ever being saved, “except thou be born again,” or of seeing God “without holiness,” or of having a part in Christ except thou “love Him above father, mother, or thy own life.” This kind of despair is one of the first steps to heaven.  (Richard Baxter in Who Said That by George Sweeting).