Psalm 38:1

Prayer of a Suffering Sinner

A Davidic psalm for remembrance.

1 Lord, do not punish me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.^[a]

Psalm 38:1 Meaning and Commentary

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; (See Gill on Psalms 6:1).

Psalm 38:1 In-Context

1 Lord, do not punish me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.

2 For Your arrows have sunk into me, and Your hand has pressed down on me.

3 There is no soundness in my body because of Your indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin.

4 For my sins have flooded over my head; they are a burden too heavy for me to bear.

5 My wounds are foul and festering because of my foolishness.

Footnotes

• [a] Ps 6:1