John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible
Psalms 38:1
O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure,.... This and the following clause are the same as in Psalms 6:1, only instead of wrath there it is anger;
O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure,.... This and the following clause are the same as in Psalms 6:1, only instead of wrath there it is anger;
PSALM XXXVIII _David prays God to have mercy upon him, and gives a most_ _affecting account of his miserable state_, 1-10; _complains of his being forsaken by his friends, and cruelly_ _persecuted...
O LORD, REBUKE ME NOT IN THY WRATH - See the notes at Psalms 6:1, where the same language occurs, except in the change of a single Hebrew “word,” that is, “wrath,” though expressing the same idea. NEI...
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 ...
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...
TITLE.. PSALM. Mizmor. See App-65. OF DAVID. by David. TO BRING TO REMEMBRANCE. Used on the Day of Atonement. This group of four Psalms closes the first book, and is similar in character to the fou...
In words almost identical with Psalms 6:1 the Psalmist deprecates the severity of a chastisement which seems to proceed from an angry Judge rather than from a loving Father. The emphasis is on _in thy...
The chastisement of sin....
DISCOURSE: 567 DAVID’S DISTRESS AND CONSOLATION Psalms 38:1. O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure: for thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me...
_David moveth God to take compassion of his pitiful case._ A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. _TITLE._ להזכיר לדוד מזמור _MIZMOR LEDAVID LEHAZKIIR. A PSALM OF DAVID,_ &C.— _David's memorial p...
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...
_O LORD, REBUKE ME NOT IN THY WRATH: NEITHER CHASTEN ME IN THY HOT DISPLEASURE._ The Title. - A PSALM OF DAVID, TO BRING TO REMEMBRANCE - i:e., to bring to God's remembrance the seemingly forgotten su...
38:1 wrath; (a-15) It is 'indignation.' from the idea of breaking out into anger.' displeasure. (b-22) 'Hot displeasure,' ('fury,' Psalms 88:7 ), would be rather stronger. Both words (notes a and b) a...
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...
This v. repeats Psalms 6:1....
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...
O LORD, REBUKE. — See Note, Psalms 6:1, of which verse this is almost a repetition....
מִזְמֹ֖ור לְ דָוִ֣ד לְ הַזְכִּֽיר׃ _[Psalms 38:2]_...
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...
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...
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...
"A Psalm of David, to bring to (a) remembrance." O LORD, rebuke me not in thy (b) wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. (a) To put himself and others in mind of God's chastisement for sin...
Idithun was one of the four chief masters of music, called Ethan, 1 Paralipomenon vi. 44., and Idithun, 1 Paralipomenon xvi. 41. Some think that he was the author of this psalm; but it was rather give...
CONTENTS Here is another of those blessed portions of the divine word, in which the Prophet speaketh much of Christ. The whole Psalm is a continued petition, in which Jehovah is appealed to for compa...
Psalms 38 _ Proper Psalm for Ash Wednesday_ (_Morning_). PSALMS 38-40 = _ Day 8_ (_Morning_)....
1_O Jehovah! rebuke me not in thy wrath _As I have already expounded this verse in the beginning of the sixth psalm, where it occurs, and that I may not prove tedious to the reader, I shall notice it...
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...
Psalms 38:1 «A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. » O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. _A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance_] Made purposely fo...
_Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure_ I confess that I both deserve chastisement and need it, and therefore I do not desire that thou shouldest entirely remove it, but only moderate it: see Psal...
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...
O Lord, rebuke me not in Thy wrath, although, as David knew, he well deserved it; NEITHER CHASTEN ME IN THY HOT DISPLEASURE, with the full rigor of divine justice....
1-11 Nothing will disquiet the heart of a good man so much as the sense of God's anger. The way to keep the heart quiet, is to keep ourselves in the love of God. But a sense of guilt is too heavy to...
PSALM 39 THE ARGUMENT This is reckoned one of David's penitential Psalms. It was composed upon occasion of some sore disease, or grievous calamity; which he rightly judged to be inflicted upon him for...
Psalms 38:1 Psalm H4210 David H1732 remembrance H2142 (H8687) LORD H3068 rebuke H3198 (H8686) wrath H7110 chasten...
1). THE PSALMIST DESCRIBES THE CHASTENING THAT HE IS EXPERIENCING AND ACKNOWLEDGES THE HEINOUSNESS OF HIS SIN (PSALMS 38:1). He commences with a prayer that, while God may rebuke and chasten him as he...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
_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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Deuteronomy 9:19; Habakkuk 3:2; Hebrews 12:5; Isaiah 27:8; Isaiah 54:8