Psalms 38:2
\38:1\O Lord, be not bitter with me in your wrath; let not your hand be on me in the heat of your passion.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
In Context
1A Psalm. Of David. To keep in memory.
3\38:2\For your arrows have gone into my flesh, and I am crushed under the weight of your hand.
Cross References
Ruth 1:13Would you keep yourselves till they were old enough? would you keep from having husbands for them? No, my daughters; but I am very sad for you that the hand of the Lord is against me.
1 Samuel 5:11So they sent and got together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go back to its place, so that it may not be the cause of death to us and to our people: for there was a great fear of death through all the town; the hand of God was very hard on them there.
Job 6:4For the arrows of the Ruler of all are present with me, and their poison goes deep into my spirit: his army of fears is put in order against me.
Psalms 21:12\21:11\For their thoughts were bitter against you: they had an evil design in their minds, which they were not able to put into effect.
Psalms 39:10\39:9\I was quiet, and kept my mouth shut; because you had done it.
Lamentations 3:12With his bow bent, he has made me the mark for his arrows.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 38:2-12
Sorrowful Complaints. 1 O Lord , rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. 2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. 3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin. 4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. 5 My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness. 6 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. 7… Read the whole commentary →