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Verse Psalms 38:15. _IN THEE, O LORD, DO I HOPE_] I have no helper but
thee.
_THOU WILT HEAR, O LORD MY GOD._] Thou art eternal in thy
compassions, and wilt hear the prayer of a penitent soul. In th...
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FOR IN THEE, O LORD, DO I HOPE - This shows the reason or ground of
his patience. He committed his whole cause to God. He believed that
God would take care of his reputation, and that he would vindica...
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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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The motive of silence and resignation.
_in thee … do I hope_ Or, _for thee do I wait_. Patience and hope
are inseparable. Cp. Psalms 39:7; Micah 7:7.
_thou wilt hear_ Thou, thou wilt answer. The pron...
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Fresh pleadings with God....
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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 IN THEE, O LORD, DO I HOPE: THOU WILT HEAR, O LORD MY GOD._
For in thee, O Lord do I hope - the ground of his patience.
THOU WILT HEAR, O LORD MY GOD - `thou wilt answer;' I must therefore
not...
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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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His silence before men is explained by his hope in God....
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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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THOU WILT HEAR. — _Thou_ is emphatic....
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_[Psalms 38:16]_ כִּֽי ־לְךָ֣ יְהוָ֣ה
הֹוחָ֑לְתִּי אַתָּ֥ה...
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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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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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15_For on thee, O Jehovah! do I wait. _David here shows the source of
his patience. It consisted in this, that, trusting in the grace of
God, he overcame all the temptations of the world. And certainl...
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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 IN THEE, O LORD, DO I HOPE,.... That he would plead his cause
against his accusers and revilers, and who sought his hurt; that he
should be delivered out of their hands, and out of all his
afflict...
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_For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God._
Ver. 15. _For in thee, O Lord, do I hope_] This was the ground of his
patience, and differenced it from that of heathens, which was ra...
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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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For in Thee, O Lord, do I hope, as the only one to whom he could
safely turn in his great trouble; THOU WILT HEAR, an emphatic,
trustful expectation, O LORD, MY GOD....
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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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IN THEE:
Or, thee do I wait for
HEAR:
Or, answer...
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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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I bore their carriage silently and patiently, because I hoped and knew
that thou wouldst answer for me, and plead my cause better than
myself; which I would not prevent by my impatience, and avenging...
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Psalms 38:15 LORD H3068 hope H3176 (H8689) hear H6030 (H8799) Lord
H136 God H430
in thee - etc. or, thee do I wait for
do -...
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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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‘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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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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_For in Thee, O Lord, do I hope._
HOPE’S LEVER
You have heard, no doubt, of the great Grecian mechanician who once
said, “If I had a lever long and strong enough, and a fulcrum on
which to rest it, I...
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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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Psalms 123:1; Psalms 39:7; Psalms 138:3...