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Verse Psalms 38:14. _NO REPROOFS._] תוכחות _tochachoth,
arguments_ or _vindications_; a forensic term. I was as a man accused
in open court, and I could make no _defence_....
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THUS I WAS AS A MAN THAT HEARETH NOT - The sentiment in the former
verse is repeated here to show the greatness of his patience and
forbearance, or to fix the attention on the fact that one who was so...
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Psalms 38
The Suffering Saint and Confession of Sin
_ 1. Suffering and Humiliation (Psalms 38:1)_
2. Looking to the Lord (Psalms 38:9)
3. Confession and prayer ...
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XXXVIII. A PENITENTIAL PSALM. After a short prayer for pity (verbally
identical with Psalms 6:2), the poet describes his bodily and mental
pains, the desertion of his friends, and the unscrupulous att...
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MAN. Hebrew. _'Ish_. App-14....
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The neglect of friends and the scorn of enemies augment his
sufferings....
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Yea, I am become like a man that hath no hearing;
And in whose mouth are no arguments.
No arguments for his own defence. Cp. Job 23:4, where Job desires to
argue with God....
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Conscious of guilt he must keep silence and commit his cause to God,
resigned and patient as though he did not hear the insults, or had no
power to answer them. Cp. Psalms 39:9; Isaiah 53:7; 1 Peter 2...
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PSALMS 38
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
Prayer for Deliverance from Disease and from Enemies.
ANALYSIS
Part I. _Against Disease._ Stanza I., Psalms 38:1-2, Jehovah's Anger
Deprecated. Stanza II., Psalms 38:3-5...
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_THUS I WAS AS A MAN THAT HEARETH NOT, AND IN WHOSE MOUTH ARE NO
REPROOFS._
Thus I was as a man ... in whose mouth are no reproofs - or, 'no
contradictions.' So when the children of Belial despised S...
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This Ps. may be compared with Psalms 6. It is the prayer of one who,
like Job, is in great bodily suffering (Psalms 38:1), and is also
deserted by his friends (Psalms 38:11), and beset by treacherous...
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NO REPROOFS] no arguments in his own defence....
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Psalms 1:41
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
Words in boxes are from the Bible.
The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the *
before a word to show an explanation.
The translated Bible tex...
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REPROOFS. — Better, _replies_ or _justifications,_ (For the whole
passage comp. Isaiah 53:7.)...
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_[Psalms 38:15]_ וָ אֱהִ֗י כְּ֭ אִישׁ אֲשֶׁ֣ר...
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Psalms 38:1
THIS is a long-drawn wail. passionate at first, but gradually calming
itself into submission and trust, though never passing from the minor
key. The name of God is invoked thrice (Psalms 3...
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THE CRY OF THE NEEDY PENITENT
Psalms 38:1
A long drawn-out sigh of pain. Some think it should be classed with
Psalms 32:1; Psalms 51:1, as belonging to the time of David's fall and
repentance. It is...
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This is the third of what are known as the penitential psalms. The
circumstances of the singer were most distressing. He was suffering
from some terrible physical malady, deserted by his friends, and...
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Who that ever read the prophet's account of Him, that as a sheep
before her shearers was dumb, so he opened not his mouth; or who that
ever read the relation of Jesus standing before Pilate, when, ami...
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Psalms 38
_ Proper Psalm for Ash Wednesday_ (_Morning_).
PSALMS 38-40 = _ Day 8_ (_Morning_)....
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS PSALMS 38 AND 39.
Psalms 38 and 39 have, as I have said, a distinct and peculiar
character. The deliverance has been sought and looked for by the
upright, and forgivene...
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THUS I WAS AS A MAN THAT HEARETH NOT,.... Any thing that is said unto
him; he took no more notice of it than if he had never heard it; but
bore all the railings and calumnies of men with calmness and...
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Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth [are] no
reproofs.
Ver. 14. _Thus I was as a man that heareth not_] He doubleth his
speech, to show his holy pertinace in a prudent and patien...
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_In whose mouth are no reproofs_ Or arguments, to convince or confute
them, or to defend myself. _For in thee do I hope_ I bore their
behaviour silently and patiently, because I hoped that thou woulde...
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Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no
reproofs, who does not venture to adduce any counterevidence to
justify himself. In this way a believer opens his heart and makes his
co...
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PRAYER FOR RELIEF FROM A BURDEN OF GUILT.
A psalm of David, to bring to remembrance, to remind God of His great
mercy toward poor sinners, the hymn probably being intended for that
part of worship wh...
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12-22 Wicked men hate goodness, even when they benefit by it. David,
in the complaints he makes of his enemies, seems to refer to Christ.
But our enemies do us real mischief only when they drive us f...
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Or _arguments_, to convince or confute them, or to defend myself....
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Psalms 38:14 man H376 hear H8085 (H8802) mouth H6310 response H8433
that heareth - Amos 5:13;...
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‘But I, as a deaf man, hear not,
And I am as a dumb man who opens not his mouth.
Yes, I am as a man who hears not,
And in whose mouth are no reproofs.
For in you, O YHWH, do I hope,
You will answ...
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2). HE LOOKS TO HIS SOVEREIGN LORD AMIDST EVEN THE DESERTION OF HIS
FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES (PSALMS 38:9).
Up to this point the Psalmist's emphasis has been on his own personal
state. It is his state o...
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I am going to read two portions of Scripture. In the first, the 38 th
Psalm, we shall hear a suffering servant of Jehovah crying out to his
God.
Psalms 38:1. _O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neit...
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A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. Remember, although this is
a very sorrowful Psalm, it was written by a man of God. It will show
you what a terrible thing sin must be, for even a child of Go...
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CONTENTS: David's grief, complaints and confession.
CHARACTERS: God, David.
CONCLUSION: God often contends with His children to awaken their
consciences and to set their sins in order before them fo...
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In Psalms 38:19, David intimates that he was hated wrongfully, because
he followed good. This psalm was composed under some new outbreaking
of Saul's persecution, when his mind sunk under depression,...
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_O Lord, rebuke me not in Thy wrath: neither chasten me in Thy hot
displeasure._
GREAT PERSONAL AFFLICTION
I. Elements of aggravation.
1. A dread of Divine displeasure (Psalms 38:1).
2. A crushing...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 38:1. In this lament the singer lays his
troubles before God, fully realizing that those troubles result from
his own sin. The psalm describes anguish of body and mind, dese...
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 38:9 The singer’s FRIENDS AND COMPANIONS
STAND ALOOF (v. Psalms 38:11), thus adding loneliness to helplessness
(vv....
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INTRODUCTION
This is a psalm of David to call to remembrance his past life, and, no
doubt, has especial reference to his sin with Bathsheba. It calls up
to the view of his memory the sins of the past,...
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EXPOSITION
THIS is the third of the penitential psalms, and is appropriately
recited by the Church on Ash Wednesday. Of all the penitential psalms
it is the one which shows the deepest marks of utter...
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Psa 38:1-22. This is read on Yom Kippur. Now David, through some sin,
and he doesn't tell us what, became very sick. And this psalm is
occasion by this great sickness that David had because of some si...
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Amos 5:13; John 8:6; Micah 7:5; Mark 15:3...