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Psalms 38

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1Lord, do not rebuke me in Your wrath, And do not punish me in Your burning anger. ✦ 2For Your arrows have sunk deep into me, And Your hand has pressed down on me. ✦ 3There is no healthy part in my flesh because of Your indignation; There is no health in my bones because of my sin. ✦ 4For my guilty deeds have gone over my head; Like a heavy burden they weigh too much for me. ✦ 5My wounds grow foul and fester Because of my foolishness. ✦ 6I am bent over and greatly bowed down; I go in mourning all day long. ✦ 7For my sides are filled with burning, And there is no healthy part in my flesh. ✦ 8I feel faint and badly crushed; I groan because of the agitation of my heart. ✦ 9¶Lord, all my desire is before You; And my sighing is not hidden from You. ✦ 10My heart throbs, my strength fails me; And the light of my eyes, even that has gone from me. ✦ 11My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand far away. ✦ 12Those who seek my life lay snares for me; And those who seek to injure me have threatened destruction, And they plot deception all day long. ✦ 13¶But I, like a person who is deaf, do not hear; And I am like a person who cannot speak, who does not open his mouth. ✦ 14Yes, I am like a person who does not hear, And in whose mouth are no arguments. ✦ 15For I wait for You, Lord; You will answer, Lord my God. ✦ 16For I said, “May they not rejoice over me, Who, when my foot slips, would exalt themselves over me.” ✦ 17For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me. ✦ 18For I admit my guilt; I am full of anxiety because of my sin. ✦ 19But my enemies are vigorous and strong, And those who wrongfully hate me are many. ✦ 20And those who repay evil for good, They become my enemies, because I follow what is good. ✦ 21Do not abandon me, Lord; My God, do not be far from me! ✦ 22Hurry to help me, Lord, my salvation! ✦

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Where this chapter connects

Ps 35 ·8Ps 6 ·6Isa 53 ·5Ps 102 ·5Ps 22 ·5Ps 88 ·5Ps 39 ·4Ps 31 ·4

Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 38 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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  • ★ Start hereAudioThrough the WordThrough the Word · ~10 min/chapter · Free · evangelical

    A clear ~10-minute audio teaching for every one of the Bible's 1,189 chapters — the most systematic free way to study chapter by chapter.

  • ★ Start hereCommentaryPsalms (Tyndale OT Commentaries)Derek Kidner · Paid · evangelical

    Concise, theologically rich, and wonderfully accessible — the best place to start on the Psalms.

Pastoral

  • SermonChuck Smith — C2000 SeriesChuck Smith · Free · evangelical

    Free verse-by-verse audio through the entire Bible from the founder of Calvary Chapel.

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — Psalms 38David Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Readable, verse-by-verse exposition of the whole chapter.

  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on PsalmsMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceBlue Letter Bible — Psalms 38Blue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

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