시편 Chapter 38

Translation: ESV

1

O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath!

Key Message

Even in the midst of pain from sin, prayer can be offered based on God's mercy.

▸This is one of the seven psalms traditionally classified by the church as 'penitential psalms' (Pss.

This is one of the seven psalms traditionally classified by the church as 'penitential psalms' (Pss. 6, 32, 38, 51, 102, 130, 143). It is an earnest prayer offered in a situation of receiving discipline because of sin. Using the same opening as Psalm 6:1, it is an appeal to be dealt with not in wrath but in mercy.

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O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath.
3

There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin.

Key Message

The pain of sin affects the whole body and soul, and its weight must be honestly confessed before God.

▸The physical and psychological suffering caused by sin and its consequences is vividly described.

9

O Lord, all my longing is before you; my sighing is not hidden from you.

Key Message

Before God all our longings and sighs are not hidden — even what cannot be expressed in words, God knows.

▸The most honest confession of prayer.

15

But for you, O LORD, do I wait; it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer.

Key Message

Even in the midst of pain and guilt, hope and trust directed toward God do not waver.

▸Even in extreme suffering, trust in God is confessed.

18

I confess my iniquity; I am sorry for my sin.

Key Message

Genuine repentance is laying sin before God and truly grieving over it.

▸The complete confession of sin.

21

Do not forsake me, O LORD! O my God, be not far from me!

Key Message

The earnest appeal that even if everything is lost, God's presence cannot be lost — this is the mark of true faith.

▸The earnest conclusion of Psalm 38.

22

Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!

Key Message

The most simple and earnest prayer — 'Make haste to help me' — is sometimes the most powerful prayer.

▸The final verse of Psalm 38 — a simple and concise petition.