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Psalm 38 JPS Tanakh (1917)

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Notes on this text (2)

1 (38-1) A Psalm of David, to make memorial. (38-2) O LORD, rebuke me not in Thine anger; neither chasten me in Thy wrath. 2 (38-3) For Thine arrows are gone deep into me, and Thy hand is come down upon me. 3 (38-4) There is no soundness in my flesh because of Thine indignation; neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin. 4 (38-5) For mine iniquities are gone over my head; as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. 5 (38-6) My wounds are noisome, they fester, because of my foolishness. 6 (38-7) I am bent and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day. 7 (38-8) For my loins are filled with burning; and there is no soundness in my flesh. 8 (38-9) I am benumbed and sore crushed; I groan by reason of the moaning of my heart. 9 (38-10) Lord, all my desire is before Thee; and my sighing is not hid from Thee. 10 (38-11) My heart fluttereth, my strength faileth me; as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me. 11 (38-12) My friends and my companions stand aloof from my plague; and my kinsmen stand afar off. 12 (38-13) They also that seek after my life lay snares for me; and they that seek my hurt speak crafty devices, and utter deceits all the day. 13 (38-14) But I am as a deaf man, I hear not; and I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth. 14 (38-15) Yea, I am become as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no arguments. 15 (38-16) For in Thee, O LORD, do I hope; Thou wilt answer, O Lord my God. 16 (38-17) For I said: 'Lest they rejoice over me; when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.' 17 (38-18) For I am ready to halt, and my pain is continually before me. 18 (38-19) For I do declare mine iniquity; I am full of care because of my sin. 19 (38-20) But mine enemies are strong in health; and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. 20 (38-21) They also that repay evil for good are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good. 21 (38-22) Forsake me not, O LORD; O my God, be not far from me. 22 (38-23) Make haste to help me, O 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. 1 Isaiah 54:8; Hebrews 12:5–11; Psalm 6:1; Psalm 70:1; Jeremiah 30:11
  2. 2 Job 6:4; Psalm 32:4; 1 Samuel 5:6; Deuteronomy 2:15; Lamentations 3:12
  3. 3 Psalm 6:2; Psalm 51:8; Psalm 31:9–10; Isaiah 1:5–6; Lamentations 3:40–42
  4. 4 Psalm 40:12; Ezra 9:6; Matthew 11:28; Lamentations 1:14; 1 Peter 2:24
  5. 5 Isaiah 1:5–6; Psalm 69:5; Jeremiah 8:22; Psalm 32:3; Psalm 38:7
  6. 6 Job 30:28; Psalm 35:14; Psalm 42:9; Psalm 31:10; Psalm 42:5
  7. 7 Psalm 102:3; 2 Chronicles 21:18–19; Acts 12:23; Psalm 41:8; Job 30:18
  8. 8 Job 3:24; Psalm 32:3; Job 30:28; Isaiah 59:11; Psalm 22:1–2
  9. 9 Psalm 10:17; Psalm 6:6; 2 Corinthians 5:2; Romans 8:26–27; John 1:48
  10. 10 Psalm 6:7; Psalm 88:9; Psalm 69:3; Psalm 119:123; Lamentations 5:16–17
  11. 11 Psalm 31:11; Luke 23:49; Job 19:13–17; John 16:32; Psalm 88:18
  12. 12 Psalm 35:20; 2 Samuel 17:1–3; Psalm 140:5; Psalm 54:3; Psalm 141:9
  13. 13 Isaiah 53:7; Psalm 39:9; Psalm 39:2; 1 Peter 2:23; 2 Samuel 16:10–12
  14. 14 Amos 5:13; John 8:6; Mark 15:3–5; Micah 7:5
  15. 15 Psalm 39:7; Psalm 17:6; Psalm 138:3; Psalm 123:1–3
  16. 16 Psalm 94:18; Deuteronomy 32:35; Psalm 35:24–26; Psalm 13:3–4
  17. 17 Psalm 35:15; Psalm 6:6; Psalm 38:6; Micah 4:6–7; Psalm 77:2–3
  18. 18 Psalm 32:5; Proverbs 28:13; Job 33:27; Psalm 51:3; 2 Corinthians 7:7–11
  19. 19 John 15:18–25; Psalm 35:19; Matthew 10:22; Psalm 69:4; Psalm 56:1–2
  20. 20 Psalm 35:12; Jeremiah 18:20; 1 John 3:12; John 10:32; 1 Peter 4:14–16
  21. 21 Psalm 22:19; Psalm 22:24; Psalm 22:11; Psalm 35:21–22; Psalm 22:1
  22. 22 Psalm 40:13; Psalm 27:1; Isaiah 12:2; Psalm 141:1; Psalm 71:12

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

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).

How these were chosen

“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).

  1. Commentary Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm XXXVII)

    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)

  2. Quotes verse 38:14 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture XIII)

    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)