Psalms 38:1
O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any 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 little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer.
Read in contextHebrews 12:5–11
And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
Read in contextPsalms 6:1
O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
Read in contextPsalms 70:1
Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O LORD.
Read in contextJeremiah 30:11
For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.
Read in contextJeremiah 10:24
O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
Read in contextIsaiah 27:8
In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
Read in contextHabakkuk 3:2
O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.
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