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NASB | Psalm 38:1 O LORD, rebuke me not in Your wrath, And chasten me not in Your burning anger. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Psalm 38:1 O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your wrath, Nor discipline me in Your burning anger. |
Bible Question: In Psalm 38, what illness was David suffering from? He claims he got it, "because of my sin" in line 3, and go's on to say in line 4, "the result of my folly;" What sin, what folly? |
Bible Answer: Steven - In early Christian liturgical tradition, Psalm 38 is one of seven penitential Psalms, the others being Ps. 6, 32, 51, 102, 130, and 143. The specifics of David's illness and of the sin mentioned in this Psalm are not known. There has been some debate on whether the details of the illness of verses 1-8 should be taken literally as a reference to a physcial ailment, or figuratively in reference to moral or psychological distress. But the detail and intensity of David's description would appear to point more to a definite physcial illness. Whatever the case may be, David concludes the Psalm with the prayer from a penitent heart, "Forsake me not, O Lord: O my God, be not far from me. Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation." How often we, God's people, face times in our lives when we need to pray David's prayer! --Hank |
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Steven Johnston | ||
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Hank |