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Verse Psalms 38:20. _BECAUSE L FOLLOW_ THE THING THAT _GOOD_ IS.] The
translation is as bad as the sentence is awkward. תחת רדפי
טוב _tachath rodpi tob, because I follow goodness_. There is a
remarka...
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THEY ALSO THAT RENDER EVIL FOR GOOD - They whose characteristic it is
to return evil for good, are opposed to me. This implies that those
who were now seeking his ruin had been formerly benefitted by...
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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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EVIL. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44.
TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN. See App-64.
EVEN TO JEDUTHUN. See App-65....
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Fresh pleadings with God....
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Yea, and rewarding evil for good
They are adversaries unto me, for my following of good.
Not, in return for my pursuit of good in general, but, in return for
the good I have striven to do for them....
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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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_THEY ALSO THAT RENDER EVIL FOR GOOD ARE MINE ADVERSARIES; BECAUSE I
FOLLOW THE THING THAT GOOD IS._
They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I
follow the thing that good is...
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38:20 adversaries (k-9) Heb. plural of _ Satan_ , as Psalms 71:13 ;
Psalms 109:4 ,Psalms 109:20 ,Psalms 109:29 . Sin...
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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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While the Psalmist admits his own sin he is at the same time a
sufferer for righteousness: see on Psalms 25:21....
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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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_[Psalms 38:21]_ וּ מְשַׁלְּמֵ֣י רָ֭עָה
תַּ֣חַת טֹובָ֑ה...
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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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I need not enlarge on these verses, they all express the same blessed
truths, and bear a gracious correspondence to the whole tenor of this
Psalm. Jehovah is the salvation of his people, and Christ is...
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Psalms 38
_ Proper Psalm for Ash Wednesday_ (_Morning_).
PSALMS 38-40 = _ Day 8_ (_Morning_)....
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This is more fully confirmed in the following verse, in which he
declares that they requited him evil for the good which he had done
them. More than this, however, is implied in the language of David....
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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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THEY ALSO THAT RENDER EVIL FOR GOOD ARE MINE ADVERSARIES,....
Psalms 35:12;
BECAUSE I FOLLOW [THE THING THAT] GOOD [IS]; or "follow good"; a good
God, whom his soul followed hard after, Psalms 63:8;...
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They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I
follow [the thing that] good [is].
Ver. 20. _They also that render evil for good_] While they rejoice at
my misery, who fasted for...
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_Mine enemies are lively_ Hebrew, _living;_ that is, thriving,
flourishing, and prosperous. _They that render evil for good_ That
hate and persecute me, not only without any injury or provocation on
m...
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They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries, because I
follow the thing that good is, the persecution of the pious on the
part of the wicked being the ordinary, the usual thing in the wor...
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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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THEY RENDER EVIL FOR GOOD; they hate and persecute me, not only
without any injury or provocation on my part, but as it were in
requital of the good which I have done to them. BECAUSE I FOLLOW THE
THI...
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Psalms 38:20 render H7999 (H8764) evil H7451 good H2896 adversaries
H7853 (H8799) follow H7291 (H8800) good...
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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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1 John 3:12; 1 Peter 3:13; 1 Peter 3:17; 1 Peter 3:18; 1 Peter 4:14;...