Psalms 38:1
For the end, a Song of David, to Jeduthun. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 9:19And I was greatly terrified because of the wrath and anger, because the Lord was provoked with you utterly to destroy you; yet the Lord hearkened to me at this time also.
Psalms 70:1By David, a Psalm sung by the sons of Jonadab, and the first that were taken captive. 1 O Lord, I have hoped in thee: let me never be put to shame. 1
Psalms 88:15Justice and judgment are the establishment of thy throne: 1 Mercy and truth shall go before thy face. 1
Isaiah 54:8In a little wrath I turned away my face from thee; but with everlasting mercy will I have compassion upon thee, saith the Lord that delivers thee.
Jeremiah 30:11And Edom shall be a desert: everyone that passes by shall hiss at it.
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 →