Context at a Glance
Author:Traditional Attribution
Topic:psalms Chapter 38 Study
This chapter provides a foundational look at the theological themes of psalms, analyzed across multiple historic translations for maximum scholarly depth.
Psalms 38
KJV Pure Cambridge Edition
1‹‹A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.›› O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
2For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
3no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither rest in my bones because of my sin.
4For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
5My wounds stink are corrupt because of my foolishness.
6I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
7For my loins are filled with a loathsome : and no soundness in my flesh.
8I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
9Lord, all my desire before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
10My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
11My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
12They also that seek after my life lay snares : and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
13But I, as a deaf , heard not; and as a dumb man openeth not his mouth.
14Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth no reproofs.
15For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
16For I said, , lest they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify against me.
17For I ready to halt, and my sorrow continually before me.
18For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
19But mine enemies lively, they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
20They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow good .
21Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
22Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.