Psalms 38

Treated in 9 passages across the library.

The verses these writers stop at

  • 38:3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine indignation; Neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin. 2
  • 38:21 Forsake me not, O Jehovah: O my God, be not far from me. 2
  • 38:4 For mine iniquities are gone over my head: As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. 1
  • 38:5 My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, Because of my foolishness. 1
  • 38:9 Lord, all my desire is before thee; And my groaning is not hid from thee. 1
  • 38:18 For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin. 1
  • 38:20 They also that render evil for good Are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good. 1

American Standard Version

Where it is preached

  1. The Mortification of Sin in Believers · John Owen

    The usefulness of mortification to the vigour of our spiritual lives cites Ps. xxxviii. 3

    …ing of the contrary — The desperate effects of any unmortified lust; it weakens the soul, Ps. xxxviii. 3, 8, sundry ways, and darkens it — All graces improved by the mortification of sin — The b…

  2. The Mortification of Sin in Believers · John Owen

    The necessity of mortification: the duty of the best believers cites Ps. xxxviii. 3–5

    …the bones of the soul, Ps. xxxi. 10, li. 8, and makes a man weak, sick, and ready to die, Ps. xxxviii. 3–5, so that he cannot look up, Ps. xl. 12, Isa. xxxiii. 24; and when poor creatures will tak…

  3. The Mortification of Sin in Believers · John Owen

    Consider the dangerous symptoms of any lust cites Ps. xxxviii. 5

    …maginations for many days? Thy lust hath a dangerous symptom. So was the case with David: Ps. xxxviii. 5, “My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.” When a lust hath lain long …

  4. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The First Stage cites Psalm 38:4

    …is own house, a book in his hand, and a great burden upon his back. Isa 64:6; Luke 14:33; Psalm 38:4. I looked and saw him open the book, and read therein; and as he read, he wept and trembl…

  5. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

    The best things work for good to the godly cites Psalm xxxviii. 20

    …agued with enemies. “They are mine adversaries, because I follow the thing that is good” (Psalm xxxviii. 20). Well, the angels will shortly give God’s people a writ of ease, and set them free from …

  6. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The Fifth Stage cites Psa. 38:18

    … in Jesus Christ. This sight and sense of things worketh in him sorrow and shame for sin. Psa. 38:18; Jer. 31:19; John 16:8; Rom. 7:24; Mark 16:16; Gal. 2:16; Rev. 1:6. He findeth, moreover,…

  7. Morning by Morning · Charles H. Spurgeon

    May cites Psalm 38:21

    …always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit.” May 25 “Forsake me not, O Lord.” (Psalm 38:21) Frequently we pray that God would not forsake us in the hour of trial and temptation, bu…

  8. Evening by Evening · Charles H. Spurgeon

    June cites Psalm 38:21

    … is called to it--a holy life. June 13 (Proverbs 30:8) “O my God, be not far from me.” (--Psalm 38:21) Here we have two great lessons--what to deprecate and what to supplicate. The happiest s…

  9. The Bruised Reed · Richard Sibbes

    Set upon Duties notwithstanding Weaknesses cites Psalm xxxviii. 9

    …nd groans, Rom. viii. 26, which are not hid from God. My groanings are not hid from thee, Psalm xxxviii. 9. God can pick sense out of a confused prayer. These desires cry louder in his ears, than …