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Psalms Chapter 38

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David reflects on his own unfaithful heart and his failure to keep God’s commandments, describing himself as a wicked man. He cries out to God for mercy, acknowledging his sin and seeking forgiveness.

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(1) A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
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Psalms 70:1Psalms 6:1Psalms 88:7Psalms 88:15Psalms 88:16Isaiah 27:8Isaiah 54:8Jeremiah 10:24Jeremiah 30:11Habakkuk 3:2Hebrews 12:5Hebrews 12:6

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Psalms 6:1

(2) For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
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Psalms 21:12Psalms 64:7Job 6:4Lamentations 3:12Psalms 32:4Psalms 39:10Psalms 39:11Deuteronomy 2:15Ruth 1:13I Samuel 5:6I Samuel 5:11I Samuel 6:9

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Zechariah 8:19Mark 2:18Ezekiel 37:16Ezekiel 37:19

(3) There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
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Psalms 31:9II Chronicles 26:19Job 2:7Job 2:8Job 33:19Job 33:20Job 33:21Job 33:22Isaiah 1:5Isaiah 1:6Psalms 6:2Psalms 51:8

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Jeremiah 8:1II Samuel 21:13II Kings 23:18

(4) For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
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Psalms 40:12Ezra 9:6Leviticus 7:18Isaiah 53:11Lamentations 1:14Matthew 11:28I Peter 2:24

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Exodus 18:18Numbers 11:14Isaiah 30:27Isaiah 46:1Jeremiah 23:38

(5) My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
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Psalms 38:7Psalms 32:3Isaiah 1:5Isaiah 1:6Jeremiah 8:22

(6) I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
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Psalms 35:14Psalms 42:5Psalms 57:6Psalms 145:14Psalms 6:6Psalms 31:10Psalms 42:9Psalms 43:2Psalms 88:9Job 30:28Isaiah 38:14

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Judges 5:27

(7) For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.
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Psalms 41:8II Chronicles 21:18II Chronicles 21:19Job 7:5Job 30:18Acts 12:23

(8) I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
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Psalms 22:1Psalms 22:2Psalms 32:3Job 3:24Job 30:28Isaiah 59:11

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Ecclesiastes 12:6Isaiah 8:9

(9) Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
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Psalms 102:5Psalms 102:20John 1:48Romans 8:22Romans 8:23Romans 8:26Romans 8:27II Corinthians 5:2

(10) My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
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Psalms 42:1Psalms 119:81Psalms 119:82Psalms 119:83Psalms 143:4Psalms 143:5Psalms 143:6Psalms 143:7Isaiah 21:4Psalms 6:7Psalms 69:3Psalms 88:9

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Isaiah 30:26Isaiah 60:19Luke 11:36John 12:36Isaiah 44:12

(11) My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
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Psalms 31:11Job 6:21Job 6:22Job 6:23Job 19:13Job 19:14Job 19:15Job 19:16Job 19:17Matthew 26:56John 16:32Luke 10:31

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Numbers 30:4Numbers 30:7Numbers 30:11Proverbs 22:29Daniel 11:16Nahum 2:8

(12) They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
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Psalms 10:9Psalms 64:2Psalms 64:3Psalms 64:4Psalms 64:5Psalms 119:110Psalms 140:5Psalms 141:9II Samuel 17:1II Samuel 17:2II Samuel 17:3Luke 20:19

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Zephaniah 2:3Psalms 71:24Psalms 4:2Deuteronomy 4:29I Chronicles 16:11Psalms 24:6

(13) But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
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Psalms 39:2Psalms 39:9II Samuel 16:10II Samuel 16:11II Samuel 16:12Isaiah 53:7I Peter 2:23

(14) Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
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Amos 5:13Micah 7:5Mark 15:3Mark 15:4Mark 15:5John 8:6

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I Samuel 12:3Philippians 3:19

(15) For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
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Psalms 39:7Psalms 123:1Psalms 123:2Psalms 123:3Psalms 138:3

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II Kings 8:12Romans 8:24Exodus 15:26I Corinthians 9:10

(16) For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
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Psalms 13:3Psalms 13:4Psalms 35:24Psalms 35:25Psalms 35:26Psalms 94:18Deuteronomy 32:35

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II Samuel 1:20

(17) For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
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Psalms 35:15Micah 4:6Micah 4:7Psalms 38:6Psalms 6:6Psalms 77:2Psalms 77:3Isaiah 53:3Isaiah 53:4Isaiah 53:5

(18) For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
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Psalms 32:5Psalms 51:3Job 31:33Job 33:27Proverbs 28:13II Corinthians 7:7II Corinthians 7:8II Corinthians 7:9II Corinthians 7:10II Corinthians 7:11

(19) But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
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Psalms 3:1Psalms 25:19Psalms 56:1Psalms 56:2Psalms 59:1Psalms 59:2Psalms 59:3Psalms 35:19Psalms 69:4Matthew 10:22John 15:18John 15:19

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Psalms 35:19Psalms 69:4Isaiah 28:7Haggai 2:4

(20) They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.
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Psalms 7:4Psalms 35:12Psalms 109:3Psalms 109:4Psalms 109:5I Samuel 19:4I Samuel 19:5I Samuel 19:6I Samuel 23:5I Samuel 23:12I Samuel 25:16I Samuel 25:21

(21) Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
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Psalms 22:1Psalms 22:11Psalms 22:19Psalms 22:24Psalms 35:21Psalms 35:22

(22) Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.
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Psalms 40:13Psalms 40:17Psalms 70:1Psalms 70:5Psalms 71:12Psalms 141:1Psalms 27:1Psalms 62:2Psalms 62:6Isaiah 12:2

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Psalms 70:1

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