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Verse Psalms 38:16. _WHEN MY FOOT SLIPPETH_] They watched for my
halting; and when my foot slipped, they rejoiced that I had fallen
into sin!...
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FOR I SAID - This is the prayer to which he referred in the previous
verse. He prayed that he might not be permitted to fall away under the
influence of his sins and sufferings; that his faith might r...
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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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Fresh pleadings with God....
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For I said, Lest they rejoice over me (R.V.). This was the plea which
he urged in his prayer (Psalms 25:2; Psalms 35:19). The enemies of the
godly man rejoice at his calamities, for they see in them a...
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FOR IN THEE, O LORD, &C.— _For I wait for thee, O Lord; thou shalt
answer, O Lord my God:_ Psalms 38:16. _For I thought with myself, lest
they triumph over me: when my foot slippeth,_ &c. David seems...
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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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_FOR I SAID, HEAR ME, LEST OTHERWISE THEY SHOULD REJOICE OVER ME: WHEN
MY FOOT SLIPPETH, THEY MAGNIFY THEMSELVES AGAINST ME._
For I said, (Hear me) lest (otherwise) they should rejoice over me -
or,...
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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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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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LEST. — It is better to carry on the force of the particle of
condition:
For I said, Lest they should rejoice over me:
Lest, when my foot slipped, they should vaunt themselves against me....
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_[Psalms 38:17]_ כִּֽי ־אָ֭מַרְתִּי פֶּן
־יִשְׂמְחוּ ־לִ֑י...
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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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For I said, [Hear me], lest [otherwise] they should rejoice over me:
(l) when my foot slippeth, they magnify [themselves] against me.
(l) That is, if they see that you do not help me in time, they wi...
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It is blessed, and it is precious to see Christ thus rolling himself,
if I may so say, upon God the Father in his trials, because it comes
in as a confirmation of all the covenant-engagements concerni...
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Psalms 38
_ Proper Psalm for Ash Wednesday_ (_Morning_).
PSALMS 38-40 = _ Day 8_ (_Morning_)....
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16_For I said, lest they rejoice over me. _Here he also confirms his
faith and his earnestness in prayer from this consideration, that if
he should be forsaken of God, his enemies would triumph. This...
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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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FOR I SAID, [HEAR ME],.... This he had expressed in prayer to God; he
had committed his cause to him, and entreated him that he would hear
and answer him; giving this as a reason,
LEST [OTHERWISE] TH...
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For I said, [Hear me], lest [otherwise] they should rejoice over me:
when my foot slippeth, they magnify [themselves] against me.
Ver. 16. _For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise, &c._] He spread their...
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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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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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For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me, the
honor of the Lord's name demanding that He save His servant, lest the
mockery strike Him also; WHEN MY FOOT SLIPPETH, THEY MAGNIFY...
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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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Psalms 38:16 said H559 (H8804) rejoice H8055 (H8799) foot H7272 slips
H4131 (H8800) exalt H1431 ...
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3). HE CALLS ON YHWH HIS LORD FOR DELIVERANCE FROM HIS ENEMIES IN VIEW
OF HIS OWN DEEP REPENTANCE AND HIS CONFIDENCE IN THE TRUE FAITHFULNESS
TO HIM OF YHWH, HIS GOD AND LORD (PSALMS 38:15).
As we hav...
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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 38:15 The singer shows true faith in confessing
his sin (v. Psalms 38:18) and in calling the Lord his SALVATION (v....
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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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Deuteronomy 32:35; Psalms 13:3; Psalms 13:4; Psalms 35:24; Psalms
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When — When I fall into any misery, they triumph in the
accomplishment of their desires....