
Text -- Psalms 38:15 (NET)




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JFB -> Psa 38:15-17; Psa 38:15-17
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...
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
Calvin -> Psa 38:15
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
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

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Barnes -> Psa 38:15
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
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
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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TSK Synopsis -> Psa 38:1-22
MHCC -> Psa 38:12-22
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
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
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; Psa 38:12-21
Constable: Psa 38:1-22 - --Psalm 38
In this psalm David expressed penitence that he had sinned against God and had thereby incurred...
