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Psalms 38

1 David lying sick of some grievous disease, acknowledgeth him self to be chastised of the Lord for his sins, and therefore praieth God to turn away his wrath. 5 He uttereth the greatness of his grief by many words and circumstances, as wounded with the arrows of God's ire, forsaken of his friends, evil intreated of his enemies, 22 But in the end with firm confidence he commendeth his cause to God, and hopeth for spedie help at his hand.
¶ A Psalme of David for aremembrance.
1.O b Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chastise me in thy wrath.
2.For thine carrows have light upon me, and thine hand layeth upon me.
3.There is nothing sound in my flesh, because of thine anger: neither is there rest in my bones because of my dsin.
4.For emine iniquities are gone over mine head, and as a weighty burden they are too heavy for me.
5.My wounds are putrefied, and corrupt because of fmy foolishness.
6.I am bowed, and crooked very sore: I go ^mourning all the day.
7.For my reines are full of burning, and there is nothing sound in my flesh.
8.I am weakened and sore broken: I groar for the very grief of mine heart.
9.Lord, I pour my whole desire before thee, and my sighing is not hid from thee.
10.Mine heart ^panteth: my strength faileth me, and the light of mine eyes, even hthey are not mine own.
11.My lovers and my friends stand aside from my plague, and my ikinsmen stand a far off.
12.They also, that seek after my life, lay snares, and they that go about to do me evil, talk wicked things and imagine deceit continually.
13.But I as ka deaf man heard not, and am as a dumme man, which openeth not his mouth.
14.Thus am I as a man, that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
15.For on thee, ô Lord, do I wait: thou wilt hear me, my Lord, my God.
16.For I said, Hear me, lest they rejoyce over me: for lwhen my foot slippeth, they extol them selves against me.
17.Surely I am ready to mhalt, and my sorrow is ever before me.
18.When I declare my pain, and am sorry for my sin,
19.Then mine nenemies are alive and are mighty, and they that hate me wrongfully are many.
20.They also, that reward evil for good, are mine adversaries, because I follow ogoodness.
21.Forsake me not, ô Lord: be not thou far from me, my God.
22.Haste thee to help me, ô my Lord, my psalvation.

Notes

1-b.
He desires not to be exempted from God's rod, but that he would so moderate his hand, that he might be able to bear it.
2-c.
Your sickness, wherewith you have visited me.
3-d.
David acknowledges God to be just in his punishments because his sins had deserved much more.
4-e.
He confesses his sins, God's justice, and makes prayer his refuge.
5-f.
That rather gave place to my own lusts, then to the will of God.
6-^.
Or, black, as one that is disfigured and consumed with sickness.
8-g.
This example warns us never to despair, be the torment never so great but always to cry unto God with sure trust for deliverance.
10-^.
Ebr., Runs about, or, is tossed to and fro, meaning that he was destitute of all help and counsel.
10-h.
My sight fails me for very sorrow.
11-i.
Partly for fear, and partly for pride they denied all duty and friendship.
13-k.
For I can have no audience before men, and therefore patiently wait for the help of God.
16-l.
That is, if they see that you succour me not in time, they will mock and triumph, as though you had forsaken me.
17-m.
I am without hope to recover my strength.
19-n.
In my greatest misery they most rejoice.
20-o.
He had rather have the hatred of all the world, then to fail in any part of his duty to Godward.
22-p.
Which is the author of my salvation: and this declares that he prayed with sure hope of deliverance.