Bible Commentary

I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. 6. I am bent, I am bowed down exceedingly, as one whose frame is contracted and drawn together by pain, or whose gestures indicate mental anguish. Cp. Psa 35:14; Isa 21:3. Notice the vigorous archaism wried in A.V. margin, i.e. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 38:6”

My wounds stink [and] are corrupt because of my foolishness. 5. My wounds ] Or stripes (= bruises, Isa 1:6, A.V.): for he has been as it were scourged by God. my foolishness ] Sin is essentially foolishness. Cp. Psa 107:17. The word occurs only once again in the Psalter (Psa 69:5), and elsewhere only … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 38:5”

For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. 4. His sins are like a flood which overwhelms (Psa 124:4-5); like a burden which crushes (Gen 4:13; Isa 53:4; Job 7:20). Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges For mine iniquities are gone over mine … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 38:4”

[There is] no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither [is there any] rest in my bones because of my sin. 3. His own sin is the cause of the divine indignation which inflicts the chastisement; and while God’s wrath assaults him from without, the fever of sin consumes him from within. With … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 38:3”

For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. 2. God’s ‘arrows’ are His judgements in general (Psa 7:12: Deu 32:23); here in particular pain and sickness (Job 6:4; Job 16:12-13; Lam 3:12-13). Blow after blow from God’s ‘hand’ (Psa 32:4; Psa 39:10) has lighted upon him. Stick fast and presseth … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 38:2”

A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. 1. In words almost identical with Psa 6:1 the Psalmist deprecates the severity of a chastisement which seems to proceed from an angry Judge rather than from a loving Father. The emphasis … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 38:1”

And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him. 40. And the Lord helpeth them, and rescueth them: He rescueth them from the wicked, and saveth them, Because they have taken refuge in him (R.V.). Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 37:40”

But the salvation of the righteous [is] of the LORD: [he is] their strength in the time of trouble. 39. their strength ] R.V. their strong-hold (Psa 27:1); or perhaps their asylum. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 39, 40. Stanza of Tav. Jehovah’s faithfulness to His own. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 37:39”

But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off. 38. But transgressors are destroyed together: The posterity of the wicked is cut off. Cp. Psa 37:28; Psa 109:13; Job 18:13-21. To the Israelite, with his strong sense of the continuity of life in the family, childlessness or the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 37:38”

Mark the perfect [man], and behold the upright: for the end of [that] man [is] peace. 37, 38. Stanza of Shin. The future of the wicked and the righteous. Mark ] I.e. observe. The P.B.V., Keep innocency, and take heed unto the thing that is right, follows the LXX, Vulg., Symm., Jer., Syr., Targ., in … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 37:37”