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Psalm 38
38:1 A psalm of David, written to get God’s attention. O Lord, do not continue to rebuke me in your anger! Do not continue to punish me in your raging fury! 38:2 For your arrows pierce me, and your hand presses me down. 38:3 My whole body is sick because of your judgment; I am deprived of health because of my sin. 38:4 For my sins overwhelm me; like a heavy load, they are too much for me to bear. 38:5 My wounds are infected and starting to smell, because of my foolish sins. 38:6 I am dazed and completely humiliated; all day long I walk around mourning. 38:7 For I am overcome with shame and my whole body is sick. 38:8 I am numb with pain and severely battered; I groan loudly because of the anxiety I feel. 38:9 O Lord, you understand my heart’s desire; my groaning is not hidden from you. 38:10 My heart beats quickly; my strength leaves me; I can hardly see. 38:11 Because of my condition, even my friends and acquaintances keep their distance; my neighbors stand far away. 38:12 Those who seek my life try to entrap me; those who want to harm me speak destructive words; all day long they say deceitful things. 38:13 But I am like a deaf man– I hear nothing; I am like a mute who cannot speak. 38:14 I am like a man who cannot hear and is incapable of arguing his defense. 38:15 Yet I wait for you, O Lord! You will respond, O Lord, my God! 38:16 I have prayed for deliverance, because otherwise they will gloat over me; when my foot slips they will arrogantly taunt me. 38:17 For I am about to stumble, and I am in constant pain. 38:18 Yes, I confess my wrongdoing, and I am concerned about my sins. 38:19 But those who are my enemies for no reason are numerous; those who hate me without cause outnumber me. 38:20 They repay me evil for the good I have done; though I have tried to do good to them, they hurl accusations at me.
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Names, People and Places:
 · David a son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel,son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel


Dictionary Themes and Topics: SICK; SICKNESS | PSALMS, BOOK OF | Conscience | Afflictions and Adversities | David | Conviction | BRING | Prayer | Remorse | Repentance | Sin | Faith | Malice | Meekness | Selfishness | Deceit | Slander | War | Disease | Persecution | more
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NET Notes: Psa 38:1 Compare Ps 38:1 with Ps 6:1, which has similar wording.

NET Notes: Psa 38:2 Heb “and your hand [?] upon me.” The meaning of the verb נָחַת (nakhat) is unclear in this context. It is pr...

NET Notes: Psa 38:3 Heb “there is no health in my bones from before my sin.”

NET Notes: Psa 38:4 Heb “pass over my head.”

NET Notes: Psa 38:5 Heb “from before my foolishness.”

NET Notes: Psa 38:6 Heb “I am bowed down to excess.”

NET Notes: Psa 38:7 Heb “there is no soundness in my flesh” (see v. 3).

NET Notes: Psa 38:8 Heb “I roar because of the moaning of my heart.”

NET Notes: Psa 38:9 Heb “O Lord, before you [is] all my desire.”

NET Notes: Psa 38:10 Heb “and the light of my eyes, even they, there is not with me.” The “light of the eyes” may refer to physical energy (see 1 S...

NET Notes: Psa 38:11 Heb “and the ones near me off at a distance stand.”

NET Notes: Psa 38:12 Heb “lay snares.”

NET Notes: Psa 38:13 I am like a deaf man…like a mute. The psalmist is like a deaf mute; he is incapable of defending himself and is vulnerable to his enemies’...

NET Notes: Psa 38:14 Heb “and there is not in his mouth arguments.”

NET Notes: Psa 38:15 Or perhaps “surely.”

NET Notes: Psa 38:16 Heb “they will magnify against me.” See Pss 35:26; 55:13.

NET Notes: Psa 38:17 Heb “and my pain [is] before me continually.”

NET Notes: Psa 38:18 Or “for.” The translation assumes that כִּי (ki) is asseverative here.

NET Notes: Psa 38:19 Heb “are many.”

NET Notes: Psa 38:20 Heb “the ones who repay evil instead of good accuse me, instead of my pursuing good.”

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