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Text -- Psalms 38:15 (NET)

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38:15 Yet I wait for you, O Lord! You will respond, O Lord, my God!
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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

JFB: Psa 38:15-17 - -- For he is confident the

For he is confident the

JFB: Psa 38:15-17 - -- Literally, "Sovereign" (to whom he was a servant), would answer his prayer (Psa 3:4; Psa 4:1), and not permit their triumph in his partial halting, of...

Literally, "Sovereign" (to whom he was a servant), would answer his prayer (Psa 3:4; Psa 4:1), and not permit their triumph in his partial halting, of which he was in danger.

Clarke: Psa 38:15 - -- In thee, O Lord, do I hope - I have no helper but thee

In thee, O Lord, do I hope - I have no helper but thee

Clarke: Psa 38:15 - -- Thou wilt hear, O Lord my God - Thou art eternal in thy compassions, and wilt hear the prayer of a penitent soul. In the printed copies of the Hebre...

Thou wilt hear, O Lord my God - Thou art eternal in thy compassions, and wilt hear the prayer of a penitent soul. In the printed copies of the Hebrew text we have אדני אלהי Adonai Elohai , Lord my God; but, instead of אדני Adonai , one hundred and two of Kennicott’ s and De Rossi’ s MSS. read יהוה Yehovah . As this word is never pronounced by the Jews, and they consider it dreadfully sacred, in reading, wherever it occurs, they pronounce אדני Adonai ; and we may well suppose that Jewish scribes, in writing out copies of the sacred Scriptures, would as naturally write Adonai for Yehovah, as they would in reading supply the former for the latter.

Calvin: Psa 38:15 - -- 15.For on thee, O Jehovah! do I wait David here shows the source of his patience. It consisted in this, that, trusting in the grace of God, he overca...

15.For on thee, O Jehovah! do I wait David here shows the source of his patience. It consisted in this, that, trusting in the grace of God, he overcame all the temptations of the world. And certainly, the mind of man will never be framed to gentleness and meekness, nor will he be able to subdue his passions, until he has learned never to give up hope. The Psalmist, at the same time, adds, that he cherished his hope by constant meditation, lest he should yield to despair. And this is the only means of our perseverance, when, on the ground of his own promises, with which we are furnished, we appeal to him, yea, rather when setting before our view his fidelity and his constancy in fulfilling what he has promised, we are sureties to ourselves for him. Accordingly, Paul, in Rom 5:4, very properly joins patience to hope and consolation. The repetition of terms in this verse shows, that this holy man was subjected to a severe and arduous conflict. Thou, he says, O Lord! my God, wilt answer me. His language implies, that if God should delay to come to his help, there was reason to fear that he would faint from weariness, or fall into despair, unless, setting this double defense before him, he persevered valiantly in the conflict.

TSK: Psa 38:15 - -- in thee : etc. or, thee do I wait for do : Psa 39:7, Psa 123:1-3 hear : or, answer, Psa 138:3 Lord : Here also, instead of adonay , one hundred and ...

in thee : etc. or, thee do I wait for

do : Psa 39:7, Psa 123:1-3

hear : or, answer, Psa 138:3

Lord : Here also, instead of adonay , one hundred and two manuscripts read yehowah , ""Jehovah.""

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Psa 38:15 - -- For in thee, O Lord, do I hope - This shows the reason or ground of his patience. He committed his whole cause to God. He believed that God wou...

For in thee, O Lord, do I hope - This shows the reason or ground of his patience. He committed his whole cause to God. He believed that God would take care of his reputation, and that he would vindicate him. See Psa 37:5-6. He had no doubt that He would protect his character, and that, notwithstanding the reproaches of his enemies, his true character would at last be made to shine forth, so that all men would see that he had been unjustly aspersed. The exact idea here is expressed, and the sentiment was beautifully and perfectly illustrated, in what is said of the Lord Jesus: "Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously,"1Pe 2:23.

Thou wilt hear, O Lord my God - Margin, as in Hebrew: "answer."The idea is, that God would answer his prayers, and that his character would, in answer to those prayers, be set right before the world.

Poole: Psa 38:15 - -- I bore their carriage silently and patiently, because I hoped and knew that thou wouldst answer for me, and plead my cause better than myself; which...

I bore their carriage silently and patiently, because I hoped and knew that thou wouldst answer for me, and plead my cause better than myself; which I would not prevent by my impatience, and avenging myself. Or, but in thee

do I hope i.e. though friends forsake me, and mine enemies plot and practise against me, yet I do not despair, because I have thee on my side.

Gill: Psa 38:15 - -- For in thee, O Lord, do I hope,.... That he would plead his cause against his accusers and revilers, and who sought his hurt; that he should be delive...

For in thee, O Lord, do I hope,.... That he would plead his cause against his accusers and revilers, and who sought his hurt; that he should be delivered out of their hands, and out of all his afflictions; that he should be healed of his diseases, both of soul and body, under which he laboured; and should again enjoy the light of God's countenance, and have the discoveries of his pardoning grace and mercy; and this was the reason why he was so calm and quiet amidst the unkindnesses of his friends, and the cruel usage of his enemies;

thou wilt hear, or "answer",

O Lord my God; in the midst of all his distresses of body and mind, he had not given up his interest in God, as his God and Father; which is the great blessing of the covenant of grace, and which ever continues; and is the great support of believers, under whatsoever they meet with in soul and body, from friends or foes; this his God the psalmist believed would not only hear his cries in his sore distress, but hear the reproaches of his enemies, and answer them in a providential way in his own time, by terrible things in righteousness to their conviction and confusion; and therefore he himself was silent.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

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

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Psa 38:1-22 - --1 David moves God to take compassion on his pitiful case.

MHCC: Psa 38:12-22 - --Wicked men hate goodness, even when they benefit by it. David, in the complaints he makes of his enemies, seems to refer to Christ. But our enemies do...

Matthew Henry: Psa 38:12-22 - -- In these verses, I. David complains of the power and malice of his enemies, who, it should seem, not only took occasion from the weakness of his bod...

Keil-Delitzsch: Psa 38:15-22 - -- (Heb.: 38:16-23) Become utterly useless in himself, he renounces all self-help, for ( כּי ) he hopes in Jahve, who alone can help him. He waits f...

Constable: Psa 38:1-22 - --Psalm 38 In this psalm David expressed penitence that he had sinned against God and had thereby incurred...

Constable: Psa 38:12-21 - --2. David's hope 38:13-22 38:13-16 David paid no attention to the threats of his enemies because he believed God would vindicate him in response to his...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: Psalms (Book Introduction) The Hebrew title of this book is Tehilim ("praises" or "hymns"), for a leading feature in its contents is praise, though the word occurs in the title ...

JFB: Psalms (Outline) ALEPH. (Psa 119:1-8). This celebrated Psalm has several peculiarities. It is divided into twenty-two parts or stanzas, denoted by the twenty-two let...

TSK: Psalms (Book Introduction) The Psalms have been the general song of the universal Church; and in their praise, all the Fathers have been unanimously eloquent. Men of all nation...

TSK: Psalms 38 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Psa 38:1, David moves God to take compassion on his pitiful case.

Poole: Psalms (Book Introduction) OF PSALMS THE ARGUMENT The divine authority of this Book of PSALMS is so certain and evident, that it was never questioned in the church; which b...

Poole: Psalms 38 (Chapter Introduction) THE ARGUMENT This is reckoned one of David’ s penitential Psalms. It was composed upon occasion of some sore disease, or grievous calamity; wh...

MHCC: Psalms (Book Introduction) David was the penman of most of the psalms, but some evidently were composed by other writers, and the writers of some are doubtful. But all were writ...

MHCC: Psalms 38 (Chapter Introduction) (Psa 38:1-11) God's displeasure at sin. (Psa 38:12-22) The psalmist's sufferings and prayers.

Matthew Henry: Psalms (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Book of Psalms We have now before us one of the choicest and most excellent parts of all the Old Te...

Matthew Henry: Psalms 38 (Chapter Introduction) This is one of the penitential psalms; it is full of grief and complaint from the beginning to the end. David's sins and his afflictions are the ca...

Constable: Psalms (Book Introduction) Introduction Title The title of this book in the Hebrew Bible is Tehillim, which means...

Constable: Psalms (Outline) Outline I. Book 1: chs. 1-41 II. Book 2: chs. 42-72 III. Book 3: chs. 73...

Constable: Psalms Psalms Bibliography Allen, Ronald B. "Evidence from Psalm 89." In A Case for Premillennialism: A New Consensus,...

Haydock: Psalms (Book Introduction) THE BOOK OF PSALMS. INTRODUCTION. The Psalms are called by the Hebrew, Tehillim; that is, hymns of praise. The author, of a great part of ...

Gill: Psalms (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO PSALMS The title of this book may be rendered "the Book of Praises", or "Hymns"; the psalm which our Lord sung at the passover is c...

Gill: Psalms 38 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 38 A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. This psalm was composed by David under some sore affliction, and when in great ...

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