When you are in trouble do you have confidence to come to God? Psalm 87-89

Psalms 88:1-3 (NASBStr)

 O Lord, the God of my salvation,

I have cried out by day and in the night before You.

 Let my prayer come before You;

 Incline Your ear to my cry!

 For my soul has had enough troubles,

And my life has drawn near to Sheol.

Who has not felt like the above verses and cried out the above lines?   For those who have faith in God these lines ring more truer than we would care to admit.   We often feel that we are "near to Sheol (the place of death)" and need to call out to God for help.   He is "the God of my salvation" so we have the positional blessing as sons of God and can cry out.   Psalm 88, however, sounds like the writer can't find God.  He is experiencing the chastisement of God and we are not given a reason why.   If you read the verses of the Psalm  you see that the writer is alone and in great despair.   Yet, he begins the Psalm with that statement that God is HIS salvation.  Despite the feelings of remorse He is assured of his position with God.   When the unbelieving world gets to the point of this writer who do they cry out to?  Who do they pray to?   When their soul has "had enough troubles" who do they turn to for relief and for salvation?   The great blessing from God is that despite the fact that we are in great trouble, believers can begin their prayer with, "O Lord, the God of my salvation."   Even if our condition before God does not feel right our position with God is unharmed and unaltered.