Study 31 From The Psalms is: Psalm 38
1. If this psalm was written when
David’s great sin first came to light and struck dismay and horror into the
hearts of his friends, can we wonder that its tone is so subdued? How great the
contrast with Ps.35! What light does the psalm throw upon the effects of
discovered sin in the life of a believer?
2. The three divisions of this
psalm are marked by the fact that they all begin with an address to God. Do you discern a progress in faith from one
section to the next?
Notes
- Verse 5. ‘My
wounds’: i.e., my stripes, a poetic description of God’s scourging.
- Verse 11.
‘My plague’: his friends regard him with horror as if he were a leper.
