PSALM THIRTY EIGHT

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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READINGS

- Psalm Thirty Eight - 

Read by David Suchet

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- The Book of Psalms - 

Overviews

(The Bible Project)

The Book of Psalms

(The Bible Project)

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LINKS and STUDIES

Psalms part 1 - Study by David Pawson

https://youtu.be/qB3QV713xm0

Psalms Part 2 -Study by David Pawson

https://youtu.be/hQJNMgIHVKwSONGS

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                         Psalm 38 | Come Quickly to My Rescue | Bible Study

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SONGS

Psalm 38, Do Not Forsake Me (a new musical setting)

Psalm 38 · Jacob Tilton

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