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Psalms 38:1
1O Lord, don’t rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your rage!
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, don’t rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your rage! 2Your arrows have struck deep, and your blows are crushing me. 3Because of your anger, my whole body is sick; my health is broken because of my sins.
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 70:1Please, God, rescue me! Come quickly, Lord, and help me.
- Psalms 6:1O Lord, don’t rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your rage.
- Psalms 88:7Your anger weighs me down; with wave after wave you have engulfed me. Interlude
- Isaiah 27:8No, but he exiled Israel to call her to account. She was exiled from her land as though blown away in a storm from the east.
- Isaiah 54:8In a burst of anger I turned my face away for a little while. But with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,” says the Lord, your Redeemer.
- Jeremiah 10:24So correct me, Lord, but please be gentle. Do not correct me in anger, for I would die.
- Jeremiah 30:11For I am with you and will save you,” says the Lord. “I will completely destroy the nations where I have scattered you, but I will not completely destroy you. I will discipline you, but with justice; I cannot let you go unpunished.”
- Habakkuk 3:2I have heard all about you, Lord. I am filled with awe by your amazing works. In this time of our deep need, help us again as you did in years gone by. And in your anger, remember your mercy.
- Hebrews 12:5And have you forgotten the encouraging words God spoke to you as his children? He said, “My child, don’t make light of the Lord’s discipline, and don’t give up when he corrects you.
- Deuteronomy 9:19I feared that the furious anger of the Lord, which turned him against you, would drive him to destroy you. But again he listened to me.
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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