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O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
38:2
 
For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
38:3
 
There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
38:4
 
For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
38:5
 
My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
38:6
 
I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
38:7
 
For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.
38:8
 
I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
38:9
 
Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
38:10
 
My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
38:11
 
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
38:12
 
They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
38:13
 
But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
38:14
 
Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
38:15
 
For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
38:16
 
For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
38:17
 
For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
38:18
 
For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
38:19
 
But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
38:20
 
They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.
38:21
 
Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
38:22
 
Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.

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Explanation posted by John Wesley on 2007-01-01 00:00:00
David complains of God's displeasure and his own sin, ver. 1-5. Of his bodily sickness, ver. 6-10. Of the unkindness of his friends and the injuries of his enemies, ver. 11-20. Prays to God for help, ver. 21, 22. A psalm of David to bring to remembrance. Title of the psalm. To bring, &c. - Either, to God, that by this humble and mournful prayer, he might prevail with God, to remember and pity him; or, to himself, that by reviewing this psalm afterwards, he might call to mind his former danger and misery, and God's wonderful mercy in delivering him; and that others also might remember what God had done to him.
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