1 A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. 2 For thy arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand falleth heavy upon me. 3 [There is] no soundness in my flesh because of thy anger; neither [is there any] rest in my bones because of my sin. 4 For my iniquities have gone over my head: as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. 5 My wounds are offensive, [and] are corrupt because of my foolishness. 6 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. 7 For my loins are filled with a lothsome [disease] : and [there is] no soundness in my flesh. 8 I am feeble and grievously broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart. 9 LORD, all my desire [is] before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee. 10 My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of my eyes, that also is gone from me. 11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my affliction; and my kinsmen stand afar off. 12 They also that seek after my life lay snares [for me] : and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long. 13 But I, as a deaf [man] , heard not; and [I was] as a dumb man [that] openeth not his mouth. 14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth [are] no reproofs. 15 For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O LORD my God. 16 For I said, [Hear me] , lest [otherwise] they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify [themselves] against me. 17 For I [am] ready to halt, and my sorrow [is] continually before me. 18 For I will declare my iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin. 19 But my enemies [are] lively, [and] they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. 20 They also that render evil for good are my adversaries; because I follow [the thing that is] good. 21 Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me. 22 Make haste to help me, O LORD my salvation.
Psalms · Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
Psalm 38 Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
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Notes on this text (1)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
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
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).
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)