Psalms 38:2
Rebuke me not, O Lord, in thy indignation; nor chastise me in thy wrath.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
In Context
1A psalm for David, for a remembrance of the sabbath.
3For thy arrows are fastened in me : and thy hand hath been strong upon me.
Cross References
Ruth 1:13If you would wait till they were grown up, and come to man's estate, you would be old women before you marry. Do not so, my daughters, I beseech you: for I am grieved the more for your distress, and the hand of the Lord is gone out against me.
1 Samuel 5:11They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines: and they said: Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it return into its own place, and not kill us and our people.
Job 6:4For the arrows of the Lord are in me, the rage whereof drinketh up my spirit, and the terrors of the Lord war against me.
Psalms 21:12For they have intended evils against thee: they have devised counsels which they have not been able to establish.
Psalms 39:10I was dumb, and I opened not my mouth, because thou hast done it.
Lamentations 3:12Daleth. He hath bent his bow, and set me as a 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 →