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Psalms 38:5
Psalms 38:5
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Psalms 38 — OverviewPsalms 38 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThis is one of the penitential psalms; it is full of grief and
complaint from the beginning to the end. David's sins and his
afflictions are the cause of his grief and the matter of his
complaints. It should…Psalms 38 — OverviewPsalms 38 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgePsalms 38:1, David moves God to take compassion on his pitiful case.Psalms 38 — OverviewPsalms 38 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BiblePsalm of David, to bring to remembrance. This psalm was composed by David under some sore affliction, and when in great distress of mind by reason of sin, perhaps his sin with Bathsheba; and was written as a memorial of…Psalms 38:1-11Psalms 38:1-11 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe title of this psalm is very observable; it is a psalm to bring to
remembrance; the 70th psalm, which was likewise penned in a day of
affliction, is so entitled. It is designed, 1. To bring to his own…Psalms 38:5Psalms 38:5 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeMy wounds: The soul being invisible, its distempers are also so; therefore the sacred writers describe them by the distempers of the body. (See the parallel texts on these verses.) On reading these and similar passages,…