“ For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. ”
For thine arrows slick fast in me - See the notes at Job 6:4 . The word rendered “stick fast” - נחת nâchath - means properly to go or come down; to descend; and the literal idea here would...
For thine (c) arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. (c) Your sickness, with which you have visited me.
XXXVIII. A Penitential Psalm. After a short prayer for pity (verbally identical with Psalms 6:2 ), the poet describes his bodily and mental pains, the desertion of his friends, and the unscrupulou...
arrows... hand. Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6.
2. For thy arrows go down in me. He shows that he was constrained by dire necessity to ask an alleviation of his misery; for he was crushed under the weight of the burden which he sustained....
DISCOURSE: 567 DAVID’S DISTRESS AND CONSOLATION Psalms 38:1-9 . O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure: for thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand pre...
For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. Thine arrows stick fast in me - This no doubt, refers to the acute pains which he endured; each appearing to his feeling as if an arr...
For thine arrows, &c.— For thine arrows are entered deep into me, and thy hand is come down upon me. Mudge.
For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. The plea of His prayer; he is now arrived at such a crisis of anguish, and restlessness of body and mind, that God cannot but...
This Ps. may be compared with Psalms 6 . It is the prayer of one who, like Job, is in great bodily suffering ( Psalms 38:1-10 ), and is also deserted by his friends ( Psalms 38:11 ), and beset by tr...
For thine arrows... — The same figure is used of the disease from which Job suffered (elephantiasis? Job 6:4 ); of famine ( Ezekiel 5:16 ); and generally of divine judgments ( Deuteronomy 32:23 )....
Psalms 38:1-22 THIS is a long-drawn wail. passionate at first, but gradually calming itself into submission and trust, though never passing from the minor key. The name of God is invoked thrice (...
the Cry of the Needy Penitent Psalms 38:1-22 A long drawn-out sigh of pain. Some think it should be classed with Psalms 32:1-11 ; Psalms 51:1-19 , as belonging to the time of David's fall and...
This is the third of what are known as the penitential psalms. The circumstances of the singer were most distressing. He was suffering from some terrible physical malady, deserted by his friends, and...
Let any man read these verses, and then turn to the gospel, and his mind must be led out to remark the striking similarity between what is here said by the spirit of prophecy, and the history of the...
Psalms 38 Proper Psalm for Ash Wednesday ( Morning ). Psalms 38-40 = Day 8 ( Morning ).
For thine arrows stick fast in me ,.... Meaning either words with which as a father the Lord rebuked him; and which were sharp and cutting, entered into him and abode with him, and gave him much pai...
For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. Ver. 2. For thine arrows stick fast in me ] i.e. Sicknesses of body and troubles of mind, Job 6:4 Psalms 18:14 . The Jewish d...
Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure I confess that I both deserve chastisement and need it, and therefore I do not desire that thou shouldest entirely remove it, but only moderate it: see Ps...
Sorrowful Complaints. A psalm of David to bring to remembrance. 1 O L ORD , rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chas...
Thine arrows, i.e. thy judgments inflicted upon my outward and inward man, oft compared to arrows, as Deuteronomy 32:23 Psalms 7:13 , Psalms 45:5 91:5 . Presseth me sore; or, comes down up...
1). The Psalmist Describes the Chastening that He is Experiencing and Acknowledges the Heinousness of His Sin ( Psalms 38:1-8 ). He commences with a prayer that, while God may rebuke and chasten h...
INTRODUCTION This is a psalm of David to call to remembrance his past life, and, no doubt, has especial reference to his sin with Bathsheba. It calls up to the view of his memory the sins of the pas...
A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. Remember, although this is a very sorrowful Psalm, it was written by a man of God. It will show you what a terrible thing sin must be, for even a child of G...
In Psalms 38:19-20 , David intimates that he was hated wrongfully, because he followed good. This psalm was composed under some new outbreaking of Saul's persecution, when his mind sunk under depres...
O Lord, rebuke me not in Thy wrath: neither chasten me in Thy hot displeasure. Great personal affliction I. Elements of aggravation. 1. A dread of Divine displeasure ( Psalms 38:1 ). 2. A...
EXPOSITION THIS is the third of the penitential psalms, and is appropriately recited by the Church on Ash Wednesday. Of all the penitential psalms it is the one which shows the deepest marks o...
Prayer for Relief from a Burden of Guilt. A psalm of David, to bring to remembrance, to remind God of His great mercy toward poor sinners, the hymn probably being intended for that part of worship...
1 Samuel 5:11 ; 1 Samuel 5:6 ; 1 Samuel 6:9 ; Deuteronomy 2:15 ; Job 6:4 ; Lamentations 3:12 ; Psalms 21:12 ; Psalms 32:4 ; Psalms 39:10 ; Psalms 39:11 ; Psalms 64:7 ; Ruth 1:13
Arrows — Thy judgments outward and inward.