Psalm 38 Geneva Bible (1599)
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Notes on this text (2)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
- Original 16th-century spelling.
1 A Psalme of Dauid for remembrance. O Lord, rebuke mee not in thine anger, neither chastise me in thy wrath.
1 A Psalm by David, for a memorial. Yahweh, don’t rebuke me in your wrath, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.
2 For thine arrowes haue light vpon me, and thine hand lyeth vpon me.
2 For your arrows have pierced me, your hand presses hard on me.
3 There is nothing sound in my flesh, because of thine anger: neither is there rest in my bones because of my sinne.
3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation, neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.
4 For mine iniquities are gone ouer mine head, and as a weightie burden they are too heauie for me.
4 For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
5 My woundes are putrified, and corrupt because of my foolishnes.
5 My wounds are loathsome and corrupt because of my foolishness.
6 I am bowed, and crooked very sore: I goe mourning all the day.
6 I am in pain and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all day long.
7 For my reines are full of burning, and there is nothing sound in my flesh.
7 For my waist is filled with burning. There is no soundness in my flesh.
8 I am weakened and sore broken: I roare for the very griefe of mine heart.
8 I am faint and severely bruised. I have groaned by reason of the anguish of my heart.
9 Lord, I powre my whole desire before thee, and my sighing is not hid from thee.
9 Lord, all my desire is before you. My groaning is not hidden from you.
10 Mine heart panteth: my strength faileth me, and the light of mine eyes, euen they are not mine owne.
10 My heart throbs. My strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it has also left me.
11 My louers and my friends stand aside from my plague, and my kinsmen stand a farre off.
11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague. My kinsmen stand far away.
12 They also, that seeke after my life, laye snares, and they that go about to do me euil, talke wicked things and imagine deceite continually.
12 They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.
13 But I as a deafe man heard not, and am as a dumme man, which openeth not his mouth.
13 But I, as a deaf man, don’t hear. I am as a mute man who doesn’t open his mouth.
14 Thus am I as a man, that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofes.
14 Yes, I am as a man who doesn’t hear, in whose mouth are no reproofs.
15 For on thee, O Lord, do I waite: thou wilt heare me, my Lord, my God.
15 For I hope in you, Yahweh. You will answer, Lord my God.
16 For I said, Heare me, least they reioyce ouer me: for when my foote slippeth, they extol themselues against me.
16 For I said, “Don’t let them gloat over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips.”
17 Surely I am ready to halte, and my sorow is euer before me.
17 For I am ready to fall. My pain is continually before me.
18 When I declare my paine, and am sory for my sinne,
18 For I will declare my iniquity. I will be sorry for my sin.
19 Then mine enemies are aliue and are mightie, and they that hate me wrongfully are many.
19 But my enemies are vigorous and many. Those who hate me without reason are numerous.
20 They also, that rewarde euill for good, are mine aduersaries, because I follow goodnesse.
20 They who give evil for good are also adversaries to me, because I follow what is good.
21 Forsake me not, O Lord: be not thou farre from me, my God.
21 Don’t forsake me, Yahweh. My God, don’t be far from me.
22 Haste thee to helpe mee, O my Lord, my saluation.
22 Hurry to help me, Lord, my salvation.
Cross references (22)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Isaiah 54:8; Hebrews 12:5–11; Psalm 6:1; Psalm 70:1; Jeremiah 30:11
- 2 Job 6:4; Psalm 32:4; 1 Samuel 5:6; Deuteronomy 2:15; Lamentations 3:12
- 3 Psalm 6:2; Psalm 51:8; Psalm 31:9–10; Isaiah 1:5–6; Lamentations 3:40–42
- 4 Psalm 40:12; Ezra 9:6; Matthew 11:28; Lamentations 1:14; 1 Peter 2:24
- 5 Isaiah 1:5–6; Psalm 69:5; Jeremiah 8:22; Psalm 32:3; Psalm 38:7
- 6 Job 30:28; Psalm 35:14; Psalm 42:9; Psalm 31:10; Psalm 42:5
- 7 Psalm 102:3; 2 Chronicles 21:18–19; Acts 12:23; Psalm 41:8; Job 30:18
- 8 Job 3:24; Psalm 32:3; Job 30:28; Isaiah 59:11; Psalm 22:1–2
- 9 Psalm 10:17; Psalm 6:6; 2 Corinthians 5:2; Romans 8:26–27; John 1:48
- 10 Psalm 6:7; Psalm 88:9; Psalm 69:3; Psalm 119:123; Lamentations 5:16–17
- 11 Psalm 31:11; Luke 23:49; Job 19:13–17; John 16:32; Psalm 88:18
- 12 Psalm 35:20; 2 Samuel 17:1–3; Psalm 140:5; Psalm 54:3; Psalm 141:9
- 13 Isaiah 53:7; Psalm 39:9; Psalm 39:2; 1 Peter 2:23; 2 Samuel 16:10–12
- 14 Amos 5:13; John 8:6; Mark 15:3–5; Micah 7:5
- 15 Psalm 39:7; Psalm 17:6; Psalm 138:3; Psalm 123:1–3
- 16 Psalm 94:18; Deuteronomy 32:35; Psalm 35:24–26; Psalm 13:3–4
- 17 Psalm 35:15; Psalm 6:6; Psalm 38:6; Micah 4:6–7; Psalm 77:2–3
- 18 Psalm 32:5; Proverbs 28:13; Job 33:27; Psalm 51:3; 2 Corinthians 7:7–11
- 19 John 15:18–25; Psalm 35:19; Matthew 10:22; Psalm 69:4; Psalm 56:1–2
- 20 Psalm 35:12; Jeremiah 18:20; 1 John 3:12; John 10:32; 1 Peter 4:14–16
- 21 Psalm 22:19; Psalm 22:24; Psalm 22:11; Psalm 35:21–22; Psalm 22:1
- 22 Psalm 40:13; Psalm 27:1; Isaiah 12:2; Psalm 141:1; Psalm 71:12
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
With terror do they hear of the coming of the last day, who will not be secure by living well: and who fain would live ill, long.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
The Psalmist says, And I became as a man that heareth not; and in whose mouth are no reproofs; and again, But I was as a deaf man and heard not; and as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)