A psalm of David. A petition.
1
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.
9
All my longings lie open before you, Lord:
my sighing is not hidden from you.
10
My heart pounds, my strength fails me;
even the light has gone from my eyes.
11
My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds;
my neighbours stay far away.
12
Those who want to kill me set their traps,
those who would harm me talk of my ruin;
all day long they scheme and lie.
13
I am like the deaf, who cannot hear,
like the mute, who cannot speak;
14
I have become like one who does not hear,
whose mouth can offer no reply.
15
Lord, I wait for you;
you will answer, Lord my God.
16
For I said, ‘Do not let them gloat
or exalt themselves over me when my feet slip.’
17
For I am about to fall,
and my pain is ever with me.
18
I confess my iniquity;
I am troubled by my sin.
19
Many have become my enemies without cause;
those who hate me without reason are numerous.
20
Those who repay my good with evil
lodge accusations against me,
though I seek only to do what is good.
21
Lord, do not forsake me;
do not be far from me, my God.
22
Come quickly to help me,
my Lord and my Saviour.
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READING
Psalm Thirty Eight
Read by David Suchet
STUDY - LINKS
How Should You Read the Psalms?
- John Piper -
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Prayer in the Psalms:
Discovering How to Pray
Timothy Keller
Psalms - Overviews
(The Bible Project)
The Book of Psalms
(The Bible Project)
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Psalms part 1 - Study by David Pawson
Psalms Part 2 -Study by David Pawson
https://youtu.be/hQJNMgIHVKwSONGS
SONGS
Psalm 38, Do Not Forsake Me (a new musical setting)
Psalm 38 · Jacob Tilton
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