New English Translation
Psalms 38:1
1O Lord, do not continue to rebuke me in your anger! Do not continue to punish me in your raging fury!
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
O Lord, do not continue to rebuke me in your anger! Do not continue to punish me in your raging fury! 2For your arrows pierce me, and your hand presses me down. 3My whole body is sick because of your judgment; I am deprived of health because of my sin.
Read all of Psalms 38Psalms 38:1 word by word
יְֽהוָ֗ה אַל־בְּקֶצְפְּךָ֥ תוֹכִיחֵ֑נִי וּֽבַחֲמָתְךָ֥ תְיַסְּרֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 38:1
- Psalms 70:1O God, please be willing to rescue me! O Lord, hurry and help me!
- Psalms 6:1Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger! Do not discipline me in your raging fury!
- Psalms 88:7Your anger bears down on me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves. (Selah)
- Isaiah 27:8When you summon her for divorce, you prosecute her; he drives her away with his strong wind in the day of the east wind.
- Isaiah 54:8In a burst of anger I rejected you momentarily, but with lasting devotion I will have compassion on you,” says your protector, the Lord.
- Jeremiah 10:24Correct us, Lord, but only in due measure. Do not punish us in anger or you will reduce us to nothing.
- Jeremiah 30:11For I, the Lord, affirm that I will be with you and will rescue you. I will completely destroy all the nations where I scattered you. But I will not completely destroy you. I will indeed discipline you, but only in due measure. I will not allow you to go entirely unpunished.”
- Habakkuk 3:2Lord, I have heard the report of what you did; I am awed, Lord, by what you accomplished. In our time repeat those deeds; in our time reveal them again. But when you cause turmoil, remember to show us mercy!
- Hebrews 12:5And have you forgotten the exhortation addressed to you as sons? “My son, do not scorn the Lord’s discipline or give up when he corrects you.
- Deuteronomy 9:19For I was terrified at the Lord’s intense anger that threatened to destroy you. But he listened to me this time as well.
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
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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
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