While the psalm opens with praise (vv.1-2), the rest of the psalm is lament. (a) To put himself and others in mind of God's chastisement for sin. Psalms 38:18 For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin. Psalms 38:22 Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation. Footnotes * ... Psalm. B. My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear. (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.38:2 For thine c arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. Psalms 38:19. Isa. In the center of that passage, the author cites the words of Psalm 40:6-8, applying them to Christ. Psalm 38 19 But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. Psalms 38:19 But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. This Psalm has much in common with Psalms 32 and 51. Ver. ... (Is. A melody of David, to serve as a reminder. Confession of sin brought answered prayer and restoration of mind, spirit, and body. Psalm 38:19 - But my enemies are vigorous and strong,And many are those who hate me wrongfully. A. He frankly confesses his sin (38:18), waits for the Lord (38:15), begs God not to forsake him (38:21), entreats God to help him (38:22) and not to rebuke him in anger and wrath (38:1). Psalms 38:21 Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me. Psalm 38 - A psalm of David. In the psalm David does not ask for vindication grounded in his own covenantal fidelity. For I will declare mine iniquity ] To them that visit me in this disease, saith Aben Ezra, that they may pray for me, according to James 5:16 ; or rather to God, that he may pardon me and ease me. Commentary on the Psalms. 20 They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is. Because of your wrath there is no health in my body; there is no soundness in my bones because of my sin. The fact that David's enemies were multiplied against him and threatening to destroy him was a source of the utmost anxiety on David's part. LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath. 38:1 «A Psalm of David, to bring to a remembrance.» O LORD, rebuke me not in thy b wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. The meaning of to the tune of “the Death of a Son” in unknown. Psalm 38:19. By James M. Rochford. 18. But mine enemies [are] lively Or "living" F17 or "live"; not in a spiritual sense; for they had no lively hope, nor living faith, but were dead in trespasses and sins; nor merely in a natural sense, or corporeally, so David was living himself; but in great prosperity and worldly happiness, and so were brisk and cheerful, and lived a merry and pleasent life; In Jewish thought sin and sickness were related. * 38 O Jehovah, do not reprove me in your anger, Nor correct me in your wrath.+ A petition. 1:5-6). Your arrows have pierced me, and your hand has come down on me. Psalms 38:20 They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is. 21 Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me. Probably they are figurative (cf. "Because I follow the thing that is good" (Psalms 38:20). (Psalms 38:19-20). This is reason (4). When one looks at all the physical problems mentioned, there are too many to be characteristic of one disease. "Mine adversaries, etc." 38:19-20).