Psalms 38:1
I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I set a guard on my mouth, while the sinner stood in my presence. 1
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
In Context
2I was dumb, and humbled myself, and kept silence from good words; and my grief was renewed. 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 9:19And I + 9:19 Gr. am. was greatly terrified because of the wrath and anger, because the Lord was provoked with you utterly to destroy you; yet the Lord listened to me at this time also.
Psalms 70:1O Lord, I have hoped in you: let me never be put to shame. 1
Psalms 88:15Blessed is the people that knows the joyful sound: they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of your countenance. 1
Isaiah 54:8In a little wrath I turned away my face from you; but with everlasting mercy will I have compassion upon you, says the Lord that delivers you.
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 →