Psalms 38:1-8

A psalm of David. A petition.

1 [a]LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.
2 Your arrows have pierced me, and your hand has come down on me.
3 Because of your wrath there is no health in my body; there is no soundness in my bones because of my sin.
4 My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear.
5 My wounds fester and are loathsome because of my sinful folly.
6 I am bowed down and brought very low; all day long I go about mourning.
7 My back is filled with searing pain; there is no health in my body.
8 I am feeble and utterly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.

Cross References 16

  • 1. Psalms 6:1
  • 2. S Job 6:4; Psalms 32:4
  • 3. Proverbs 3:8; Proverbs 4:22
  • 4. S Job 33:19; Psalms 6:2; Isaiah 1:6
  • 5. Psalms 40:12; Psalms 65:3
  • 6. S Numbers 11:14; S Ezra 9:6; Luke 11:46
  • 7. ver 11; Psalms 147:3
  • 8. Job 19:17
  • 9. Psalms 69:5; Proverbs 5:23; Proverbs 12:23; Proverbs 13:16; Ecclesiastes 10:3
  • 10. Psalms 57:6; Psalms 145:14; Psalms 146:8
  • 11. Job 30:28; S Psalms 35:14; Psalms 42:9
  • 12. S Job 14:22; Psalms 102:3
  • 13. ver 3
  • 14. Psalms 34:18; Proverbs 17:22
  • 15. S Psalms 6:6; Psalms 22:1; Proverbs 5:11
  • 16. S Psalms 6:3

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. In Hebrew texts 38:1-22 is numbered 38:2-23.
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