Yet another Psalm where the writer cries out to God for help. So if you sometimes think that an awful lot of your prayer life involves crying out to God, then according to Psalms that is perfectly normal!
He was overwhelmed with troubles, and had been written off by everyone.
It seemed as though God had caused him all this trouble, putting him in an isolated position. Even so, he calls out to God. Then he asks God if the dead offer any praise to Him? There are at least two important points here. One is that we were created to praise the Lord, the second is that death is not our intended end.
Death of man only came in because of sin against God, but Christ came to save us from death. He defeated death on the cross and resurrection.
We might expect the Psalm to finish on a note of triumph, but it doesn't. He continues to cry to God, but is still surrounded by all his troubles. Sometimes prayer is like that. Sometimes we do not receive an immediate answer, sometimes we do not find an immediate change in our attitude.
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