Psalms 38:1

Psalms 38:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
• New International Version (NIV)Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.
• English Standard Version (ESV)O Lord, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath!
• New King James Version (NKJV)O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your wrath, Nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure!

Context of Psalms 38:1

Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath; neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. 2For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand cometh down upon me. 3There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine indignation; no peace in my bones, because of my sin.

Psalms 38:1 word by word

יְֽהוָ֗ה אַל־בְּקֶצְפְּךָ֥ תוֹכִיחֵ֑נִי וּֽבַחֲמָתְךָ֥ תְיַסְּרֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Psalms 38:1

• Psalms 70:1Make haste, O God, to deliver me; Jehovah, [hasten] to my help.
• Psalms 6:1Jehovah, rebuke me not in thine anger, and chasten me not in thy hot displeasure.
• Psalms 88:7Thy fury lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted [me] with all thy waves. Selah.
• Isaiah 27:8In measure, when sending her away, didst thou contend with her: he hath taken [her] away with his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
• Isaiah 54:8In the outpouring of wrath have I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting loving-kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer.
• Jeremiah 10:24Jehovah, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
• Jeremiah 30:11For I am with thee, saith Jehovah, to save thee: for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have scattered thee; yet of thee will I not make a full end, but I will correct thee with judgment, and will not hold thee altogether guiltless.
• Habakkuk 3:2Jehovah, I heard the report of thee, [and] I feared. Jehovah, revive thy work in the midst of the years, In the midst of the years make [it] known: In wrath remember mercy!
• Hebrews 12:5And ye have quite forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons: My son, despise not [the] chastening of [the] Lord, nor faint [when] reproved by him;
• Deuteronomy 9:19For I was afraid of the anger and fury wherewith Jehovah was wroth against you to destroy you. And Jehovah listened unto me also at that time.

Commentaries on Psalms 38:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1O Lord, rebuke me not - He was sensible that he was suffering under the displeasure of God; and he prays that the chastisement may be in mercy, and not in judgment.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath - See the notes at Psalm 6:1, where the same language occurs, except in the change of a single Hebrew “word,” that is, “wrath,” though expressing the same idea. Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure - See the notes at Psalm 6:1. The Hebrew in both is the same, except that in this place the negative particle is omitted, but without affecting the sense. It is not improbable that the one was copied from the other, or…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1God's displeasure at sin. (1-11) The psalmist's sufferings and prayers. (12-22) Verses 1-11 Nothing will disquiet the heart of a good man so much as the sense of God's anger. The way to keep the heart quiet, is to keep ourselves in the love of God. But a sense of guilt is too heavy to bear; and would sink men into despair and ruin, unless removed by the pardoning mercy of God. If there were not sin in our souls, there would be no pain in our bones, no…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1The meaning of this phrase is uncertain (also in 70:1).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-221-4. He deprecates deserved punishment, which is described (Psa 6:1), under the figure of bodily disease [Psa 38:3].Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 38:1

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Chastisement
• Conviction

In the dictionaries

• Afar
• Arrow
• Deceit
• Fret
• Plague
• Bring
• Foam
• Pentateuch
• Psalms, Book of
• Sick; Sickness

Commentaries on Psalms 38

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings