Have you ever been overwhelmed and felt alone? Psalm 87-89

When we fall into sin and therefore fall into discipline, who is in control?  Who is "doing" the discipline.   You can't help but read Psalm 88 and see who the Sons of Korah are appealing to in regard to their current state of being disciplined by God. In just 18 verses the writer uses the pronoun, "you" or "your" to refer to God's work in his life because of disobedience and faithlessness.  In 88:6-8 we read a remarkable set of statements about how God sometimes conducts discipline in our lives:

Psalms 88:6-8 You have put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the depths. 7 Your wrath has rested upon me, And You have afflicted me with all Your waves. Selah. 8 You have removed my acquaintances far from me; You have made me an object of loathing to them; I am shut up and cannot go out.

Have you ever been in this place?  Have you ever felt low and in a pit and in a place were we feel like we are overwhelmed with waves of grief? Perhaps verse eight is the worse where it says our friends have turned from us; they "loath" us! (The writer ends the Psalm with that thought by saying lover and friend have turned away ... 88:18.)   Being disciplined by God is not a good place to be.  Yet, throughout the Psalm we see the writer turning back to God and crying out to God.   We can think of Jonah ... in his running he cried out to God and God delivered him.   We can think of David ... in his running he cried out to God and God delivered him.  We can think of Paul on the Damascus Road ... in his running he cried out to God and God delivered him.   When God disciplines us it is HE who removes friendships, puts us in a dark place, and causes feelings that overwhelm us.   Like the writer in this Psalm the only relief we can hope for is to return to God and seek His mercy ... it is He who can save ... cry out to Him

Psalms 88:13 But I, O Lord, have cried out to You for help, And in the morning my prayer comes before You.