Psalms 38:1
A psalm for David, for a remembrance of the sabbath.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
In Context
2Rebuke me not, O Lord, in thy indignation; nor chastise me in thy wrath.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 9:19For I feared his indignation and anger, wherewith being moved against you, he would have destroyed you. And the Lord heard me this time also.
Psalms 70:1Unto the end, a psalm for David, to bring to remembrance that the Lord saved him.
Psalms 88:15Lord, why castest thou off my prayer: why turnest thou away thy face from me?
Isaiah 54:8In a moment of indignation have I hid my face a little while from thee, but with everlasting kindness have I had mercy on thee, said the Lord thy Redeemer.
Jeremiah 30:11For I am with thee, saith the Lord, to save thee: for I will utterly consume all the nations, among which I have scattered thee: but I will not utterly consume thee: but I will chastise thee in judgment, that thou mayst not seem to thyself innocent.
Hebrews 12:5And you have forgotten the consolation, which speaketh to you, as unto children, saying: My son, neglect not the discipline of the Lord; neither be thou wearied whilst thou art rebuked by him.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 38:1
This is one of the penitential psalms; it is full of grief and complaint from the beginning to the end. David's sins and his afflictions are the cause of his grief and the matter of his complaints. It should seem he was now sick and in pain, which reminded him of his sins and helped to humble him for them; he was, at the same time, deserted by his friends and persecuted by his enemies; so that the psalm is calculated for the depth of distress and a complication of calamities. He complains, I. Of God's displeasure,… Read the whole commentary →