Psalms 38:1
O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
2 For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.
3 There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
- KJV
- O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
- WEB
- LORD, don’t rebuke me in your wrath, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.
- ASV
- O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath; Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
- DARBY
- {A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.} Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath; neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
- BLB
- A Psalm of David, for remembrance. <span class=|reftext|><a href=|#|><b>1</b></a> O YHWH, do not rebuke me in Your wrath and chastise me in Your fury.
- ÅB
- Herre, ikke straff meg i din vrede
og ikke tukte meg i din harme! - OTB
- Herre, irettesett meg ikke i din vrede,
Og straff meg ikke i din brennende harme. - B1930
- Herre, straff mig ikke i din vrede, og tukt mig ikke i din harme!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 54:8
In a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD your Redeemer.
Read in contextHebrews 12:5–11
And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you.
Read in contextPsalms 6:1
O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
Read in contextPsalms 70:1
Make haste, O God, to deliver me! Hurry, O LORD, to help me!
Read in contextJeremiah 30:11
For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have scattered you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”
Read in contextJeremiah 10:24
Correct me, O LORD, but only with justice— not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.
Read in contextIsaiah 27:8
By warfare and exile You contended with her and removed her with a fierce wind, as on the day the east wind blows.
Read in contextHabakkuk 3:2
O LORD, I have heard the report of You; I stand in awe, O LORD, of Your deeds. Revive them in these years; make them known in these years. In Your wrath, remember mercy!
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