Do Not Forsake Me, O Lord
A Psalm of David, for the memorial offering.
38:1 O Lord, rebuke me not in your anger,
nor discipline me in your wrath!
2 For your arrows have sunk into me,
and your hand has come down on me.
3 There is no soundness in my flesh
because of your indignation;
there is no health in my bones
because of my sin.
4 For my iniquities have gone over my head;
like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
5 My wounds stink and fester
because of my foolishness,
6 I am utterly bowed down and prostrate;
all the day I go about mourning.
7 For my sides are filled with burning,
and there is no soundness in my flesh.
8 I am feeble and crushed;
I groan because of the tumult of my heart.
9 O Lord, all my longing is before you;
my sighing is not hidden from you.
10 My heart throbs; my strength fails me,
and the light of my eyes—it also has gone from me.
11 My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague,
and my nearest kin stand far off.
12 Those who seek my life lay their snares;
those who seek my hurt speak of ruin
and meditate treachery all day long.
13 But I am like a deaf man; I do not hear,
like a mute man who does not open his mouth.
14 I have become like a man who does not hear,
and in whose mouth are no rebukes.
15 But for you, O Lord, do I wait;
it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer.
16 For I said, “Only let them not rejoice over me,
who boast against me when my foot slips!”
17 For I am ready to fall,
and my pain is ever before me.
18 I confess my iniquity;
I am sorry for my sin.
19 But my foes are vigorous, they are mighty,
and many are those who hate me wrongfully.
20 Those who render me evil for good
accuse me because I follow after good.
21 Do not forsake me, O Lord!
O my God, be not far from me!
22 Make haste to help me,
O Lord, my salvation! (ESV)
when i look at this chapter it makes me think about how sinful we r. it is like the way we really r on the inside. he talks about piercing arrows, festering wounds, being crushed and in searing pain. i hope this isnt too much of a tangent but it makes me think anout how we need to be keeping accountable with others. we can feel so bogged down and broken iside with ot confessing our sins to God and having other people there to help keep us accontable and following God with our all
20 Those who repay my good with evil slander me when I pursue what is good.
21 O LORD, do not forsake me; be not far from me, O my God.
All the people in the time that is coming are going to go towards hell and very few of us are going to be good and follow God even if we die for him. We should be as close to God as posiable so we will not have fear and tell the good news about God’s return before it is to late to do anything. I pray that we all do not fear death so that we may be willing to die for God’s name to be brave to tell people about him and to worship him with every breath in our bodies.
Please pray for the safety of my friends and I at disneyland today!! Its my birthday :)
6 I am bowed down and brought very low; all day long I go about mourning.
We should all be this distraut over our sin. Realizing that it was my sin that put Jesus on the cross tortures me. Lord forgive me for everything, I beg have mercy. I want to do your will. Please Lord, help me.
David FEELS guilty because he IS guilty. However, it’s amazing how much length he goes through to confess his sin & get right with God. What if we had this type attitude after we sin? I think others might take our claims to follow Christ a lot more seriously, & I think we’d sin a lot less!
Ps 38:15 I wait for you, O LORD; you will answer, O Lord my God.
You’re right Ryan! But the best thing is that with repentance comes the anser of God: forgiveness and blessing. Let’s live in that way today!
8 I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
This is another psalm where God’s wrath is highlighted. David has sinned against the LORD and now He is feeling the weight of His discipline. David sets a good example to us of how we should respond when we sin. He admits his guilt, confesses it before the LORD, and is disturbed by it. The first step of repentance is acknowledging that we have sinned and need to turn from our sin. As I read this verse I was so convicted by the way I can rationalize my sin and not immediately confess it before the LORD. Just last night I was convicted by the fact that I can hate sin in others more than myself which is so wrong. That is a prideful attitude, not a humble attitude that God adores. My prayer today is that I would immediately confess my sin to the LORD when I miss the mark in any area of my life, big or small. Thank You, God, that you had this psalm planned out for me to read today when I needed it the most.
David is very humble and unhypocritical in this Psalm. He wants to be protected from his enemies and their gloating, but he admits that he is not perfect. In fact, he confesses his sin.
Even as I grow, I should be more and more aware of my sin. As I understand better who God is, I should fear him him. Verse 18 (confessing sin and being troubled by my iniquity) should not be a one time ritual, but a habit in my life.
4 “My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear.”
17 “For I am about to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
18 I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.”
David was a man after God’s own heart, and when he sinned, he knew about it. Several times now, we’ve seen David express the fact that he is even physically weary because his guilt weighs so heavily upon him.
But in verse 18, he finally confesses to the Lord, though throughout the whole Psalm he seems ready to repent. When he acknowledges his sin and asks God for forgiveness, we can see in the last verses that his confidence in God is starting to be renewed. Just so, when I am in sin and feel the guilt, I find that it’s relieving to confess to the Lord instead of pridefully continuing in it. God, please help me to confess to you and repent when I am in sin.
1 O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.
This Psalm highlights David’s awareness of his sin and his deserving God’s punishment. He attributes the pain and suffering he is feeling to God’s discipline. This makes me fear God and want to stay clear of sin in my life. I do not want to experience any more discipline from God than I have to.
This Psalm is powerful because we see a man being “crushed” by the conviction and guilt of sin and his response to that crushing. I mean just reading verse 2 gives us a clear picture of what David is feeling, “For your arrows have pierced me, and your hand has come down upon me.”David realizes that although there is sin being committed against him in the lives of others, he himself has much sin of his own. Beth I am right there with you, being so reminded that I often hate sin in others more than I hate it in my own life; I am quick to justify my what I see as “respectable sins” when I compare them to the sin of the fallen world around me when in reality I need to remember that any sin IS SIN. May my heart’s response always be brokenness over my sin and a desire to turn from that and seek the Lord’s restoration.
1 O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.
David has a fear of God’s wrath because he has experienced some of it in his life already. The descriptions in this chapter are so vivid of the way God uses conviction and discipline to bring His people to a place of repentance. And yet, we often treat sin like it’s no big deal, trusting in God’s forgiveness without thinking about His judgement. Even when He forgives, as He forgave David, there is still discipline. Disregarding this shows that we have a completely wrong view of sin, looking at it not as something hateful to God, but something that we can get away with. I need to make sure I view sin as God does, so I will stay far away from it and consequently far away from God’s wrath.
18 I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
When I sin, I feel a strong “troubling” in my conscience. This feeling is important because it leads to repentance. I remember a sermon Bobby did a while ago about the difference between Godly sorrow and worldly sorrow. It is important that the guilt we feel leads us to repent.
mmmmmmmmmm another Psalm where David shows his guilt for his sin…it makes me ponder though, Does my guilt make me come to repentance the way David’s guilt does? Not in those exact words but certainly, the Holy Spirit hits hard on me. And then it makes me think, “do I feel guilty for all my sins throughout the day? Or do I just let it go and just say ‘sorry Lord’” I know I shouldn’t let it go like that, in fact every single sin should be recognized as HUGE because sin does bring God’s wrath and it makes God upset. God, let my goal be today to see every single sin and have a deep true repentance to the Lord that your wrath might not be against me.
In this chapter, David has fallen into a hard time and is crying out to the Lord to help him. His pain is caused by his guilt of sin. I for one don’t feel this bad when I sin. God wants us to be totally repentant and turn away from our sins. I need to be completely sorry for what I’ve done and cry out to God to forgive me.
15 I wait for you, O LORD; you will answer, O Lord my God.
This verse shows how even through this tough time, David has complete trust that God will answer him and lift him out of his pain. I need to have this kind of trust in God.
Goodmorning everybody :)
Psalm 38:18 “I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.” Everyone of course knows that when you sin, and if you are in Christ, He will forgive you. This doesnt mean you can just sin whenever you’d like and God will just be fine with it because He’s supposed to forgive you. Sometimes I have a problem with asking for forgiveness to God. Instead of taking the time to tell God that I was wrong and that I need him to make me clean again, I’ll just shoot up a real quick prayer like, “God please forgive me for…” and then Im on my way. David says, “I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.” I need to know that God HATES sin, and it literally hurts his heart when I sin and dont think much of it. I HAVE to start confessing my sins to God, knowing how badly it hurts him, and sincerely asking Him for forgiveness.
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18 I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
Through this whole chapter David feels guilty and is acknowledging that he has done wrong. He is distraught over his sin and is seeking forgiveness. And he takes this whole matter very seriously. He doesn’t just say, “God please forgive me, Amen.” He is broken over what he has done. He is burdened by a heavy load of guilt. Yet he is confessing his sin before God and seeks forgiveness from Him, that the guilt would be lifted. I need to be more serious with my sin. It isn’t a small deal at all, even the sins the world thinks of as little sins, for they are all the same. I need to be broken over my sin, not just asking for forgiveness when I am still happy that I had done what I had done, but when I truly am sorry for what I have done. And when the next time comes where there is a chance to stumble again, I need to not flirt with the line of what is good and what is bad. Instead of trying to get close to the line without passing it, I need to strive to be as far away from evil as I can be. And even then, I will still mess up, and that is when I need to have a brokenness like that of David’s over my sin as I seek forgiveness from the LORD. And God is forgiving; He is faithful to keeping His promises, and He has said that to those who repent of their sins, He will give forgiveness.
Thats a brutal chapter. It really expresses the sin we as human beings are filled with. Thank God for the guilt He makes us feel when we sin as Christians, it helps us become a better and stronger Christian in the end. When David cries out to the Lord for help in verse 22, he is showing me how I need to cry out to God for forgiveness when I realize I have sinned against God. As Christians Christ expects us to surrender all, and turn away from the sins of this world. This way our trust in Christ will grow stronger knowing that He will help when we sincerely ask Him to deliever us from sin.
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20 Those who repay my good with evil slander me when I pursue what is good.—This reminds me of times where I have been made fun of for doing good or something that is glorifying to God and it just brings me down when people get made fun of for doing the right thing and then when other people do something horrible, others are looking up to them for that and that is not how it should be! Even though that may happen we must look at it as a reward because it is good that we are persecuted for out faith. This gives me some encouragement because it helps me to know that if I am being persecuted then that means I am trying my best to glorify the Lord and so next time it happens I am going to endure it and stick what God says.
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its amazing how much effort david puts into the repentance of his sin–you can just see his emotion pouring out onto these verses.
now if only we could become more like him. to absolutely -hate- sin, and be devastated in ourselves for commiting it.
we would be much closer to the path we’re suposed to be walking.
Like Pastor Bobby said, not all of these Psalms are happy and uplifting. Here’s a Psalm where David is depressed, he sinned and that sin really convicted him and made him feel guilty about that.
4 My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear
Like I said earlier, David is depressed. David is also heart broken and convicted by his sin. David’s sin overwhelms him so much, like he can’t even take it anymore it is just to much. I am just trying to think of a time where I felt like David and there has been some times that have been close to this I would say. The application to this verse, is hey I don’t want to feel like David here. I don’t want to have this feeling of conviction that David has so this should keep me more set apart from sin.
18 I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
David is feelin’ some major conviction here!! His soul is weary and he shows his fear of the Lord by the way that he approaches God and desperately cries out to him. It made me think about the reality of sin and how seriously God takes all sin. All sin is created equal in God’s eyes no matter how small I seem to make some of my own. I need to remember that the Lord’s wrath is close at hand when I sin…no matter how “small” that sin may be in my eyes!! :D
This Pslam really reminds everyone that we are all sinners and that were not even close to being perfect at all. David really feels guilty and goes directly to God for forgiveness. He confesses everything through pain and how he is waiting for the Lord to come back for him.
Pslam 38:18 I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin
When I read this passage I realized that David is instantly disturbed by his sin and immediately confesses to the Lord realizing what he has done. He even says to the Lord “For your arrows have pierced me” This shows how bad David is feeling about his sin and we should all be like this every time we come to the Lord for forgiveness!!!
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I like verse 5,”My wounds fester and are loathsome because of my sinful folly.”
I like this verse because it tells of punishment. When we sin we displease GOD and since HE is a just GOD HE has to punish our sin. When we sin we go against what GOD has said for us to do and we aren’t really supposed to do that. GOD has set up a perfect law for us to follow but since I am no where close to perfect I stumble daily and I hate myself for it.
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“I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.”
Throughout this entire chapter, David is broken over his foolishness and is in agony over the wrath of God that fell upon him (v.2-3). David isn’t just casual about his sin, but he is brought low with mourning and weeping over it! He realizes that he doesn’t deserve God’s mercy, but he has faith that God will answer his cry for help. Every time that I sin, I need to have the repentant and humble mindset of David. After reading this chapter, I realize that I don’t take sin as seriously as David took it. And sin is something that needs be taken very seriously because it angers God and separates us from him. As Ben said, the verse above shouldn’t be a one time deal, but rather a lifestyle. God help me to have a repentant heart throughout this week, and all the weeks to come!
David is in intense anguish over his sin: “My back is filled with searing pain; there is no health in my body…My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear.” He really shows what it means to be sad over your sin. Something I noticed was his immediate reaction when confronted with his sin: ” I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin…Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.” Do I respond this way when confronted with my sin? Or do I get defensive? Lord please, when presented with sin in my life may I respond as David did and confess my sin rather than deny it. May I trust in the paid punishment on the cross and then repent and follow you.
15 I wait for you, O LORD; you will answer, O Lord my God.
The LORD is so amazing; He never lets His children leave Him. Although I may fall into sin God will always pursue me. Sin is only good for a short while until reality sets in; and then it is bitter. God is so much more fulfilling. LORD, let me continue following you and when I sin, let me get back up and run the race even harder. Amen.
This psalm is all about David’s intense agony when he knows he is in sin and God is really angry with Him. He is taking his sin so seriously for he knows how much it offends God. This made me think, ‘Do I take MY sins seriously, do I really?’ and the answer is, ‘not as serious as I should, so no.’ Like P.J. said, I need to take my sins as seriously as David did for God is truly angered by it, He hates when we sin and I need to cry out for mercy and truly repent. But I can also have the faith that God WILL answer me. God, help me to take my sin seriously and to repent truly when I find myself sinning. Help me to live for you not only this week, but in ALL weeks to come Lord, AMEN.
1 O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.
This verse shows me that I must fear the Lord. I am a sinner and God hates sin. I need to do what God wants not want I want. Now that I know I must fear God I cant just say I need to do it I just need to start doing it.
1 O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.
The Lord is a God full of grace and truth but many people want to focus on God’s love even though he can become angry and show his almighty wrath. I need to fear God and not just focus on the good things he does but what he does to those who dont listen to him.
Sometimes I thought I was alone but I was wrong. our Lord God and Savior is right there next to us helping us along. There is nothing in our lives that does not happen that he does not know about it. I am still trying to process through my mind that a God so big and so everything still wants to have a relationship with us and he forgives us for anything we do. Its just so interesting to me that God can open and reveal himself to us in a way we never even imagined
what an awesome Psalm! I really wish that whenever we have sinned, we felt as bad and convicted as David did! Too many people these days, take sin lightly! they think that God will forgive them no matter what, and that they can just sin whenever, and then ask God for forgiveness! FALSE! we cannot take advantage of God’s mercy!!
22 Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.
This chapter is a good example of “crying out to the Lord”. When we sin, how crushed our we? Are we overcome with extreme guilt? Or do we brush off the sin and continue living the way we did before? I can think of times in my life when I felt as if all my energy had been drained because of my sin. When we sin next time, think of who is watching you all the time.
I need to follow David’s example and grieve this strongly when I sin against the Lord. As followers of Christ we are to HATE sin as much as David obviously does…even when it’s our own sin…ESPECIALLY when it’s our own sin. I need to constantly be checking my heart for a right attitude that loves what God loves and hates what He hates (in this case all sin in my life).
3 Because of your wrath there is no health in my body; my bones have no soundness because of my sin.
Wow. This doesn’t sound like warm fuzzies. It really does show how much wrath God has, and how much He hates sin. He hates it so much that he took away David’s health! That is brutal! But God’s wrath, and hate of sin is not only here in the Psalms, it is all over the Bible! So next time I sin, I will think about this verse and how much God hates it when sin happens, and continue to remember how much wrath God has when it comes to sin.
6 I am bowed down and brought very low; all day long I go about mourning.
This verse really stood out to me… and this whole Psalm is super important I think because it all is about David getting emotional over his sin. Bobby talked about this at one of the workshops at the end of Revival, and how important it is that we get emotional over our sin. I don’t really do this a lot of the time, but reading this verse has really shown me how important this is.. I mean David is one of the most righteous men on earth, yet he is CRYING about his sin.. he doesn’t even want to be near God because he is so ashamed. This is a great example for me to try be like. God is so perfect, and I am so wicked… it only makes sense for me to be absolutely ashamed when I sin.
Wow this chapter really does show me how sinful I am. I realize that I need Gods forgiveness because without him I am nothing!
11 My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds; my neighbors stay far away.
This verse really shows me how sin not only affects me but the people around me and people who love me. It is so easy to think that sin is your choice and no body else is affected, but that is so not true. SIn affects so many! This verse also reminded me that I need to be there to encourage and love those that are going through a hard times because that is when encouragement means so much.
The thing I noticed about this chapter was about God’s wrath coming down on David because of his sin. He felt so overwhelmed and guilty of his sin and confessed it to God and asked for help. I do feel guilty when I sin, but I need to ask God for forgiveness always, not just once in a while.
19 Many are those who are my vigorous enemies; those who hate me without reason are numerous. 20 Those who repay my good with evil slander me when I pursue what is good. 21 O LORD, do not forsake me; be not far from me, O my God.
These three verses stood out to me because I have had this cry before to the Lord at a time too. Evangelizing to friends is one if the hardest things to do because of what they will do after sometimes. But verse 20 gives me hope to pursue what is good and ask for God to be with me and not leave me. I need to realize that God will always be there for me when I feel neglected and alone, and this gives me more boldness to talk to friends about God.
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18 I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
Right now at camp I have this feeling because I am here living with
A bunch of people who don’t have a good influence on me and I have noticed myself acting a little different And making exceptions for like movies and things when I shouldn’t be and I feel terrible or troubled for it and I need to be setting an example for these girls so I can’t make those exceptions anymore I need and will repent of that sin and correct it
4 My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear.
5 My wounds fester and are loathsome because of my sinful folly.
These verses really just caught my attention. I’m a sinner, we are all sinners. But sin should be disgusting and its important to feel bad when sinning, and to mourn over it! It really is a huge burden, until you repent of it and trust in the Lord with everything. I know that I have felt so much better and different when I felt bad and mourned over my sin in a situation before. Trusting in God and putting your complete faith in Him, is truly the right thing to do! We should feel bad about our sin. It is not something that should be taken lightly at all! So now after reading this, I am going to be careful with my actions and that when I do sin, that I will catch myself and feel bad for it.
4 My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear.
Whenever I sin, I need to realize my sin, making me feel guilty. It should feel like a burden to me, and I should want to do something about it because it is just too much too bear, and I couldn’t stand to have the Lord angry at me. Since I am human, I will always sin, but I should try and limit my sin, and again, when I do sin I need to react like I said…
This psalm provides a vivid depiction of what happens to us when we stray from God into sin. God’s punishment is clearly painful for David (it’s painful for me, the reader). It makes me want avoid that kind of suffering by making sure I’m actively trying to obey God. Yet in the psalm David also provides a great example of what we need to do to make ourselves right with God when we do slip.
8 I am feeble and utterly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.
9 All my longings lie open before you, O Lord; my sighing is not hidden from you.
His openness about his sin–as well as his anguish over his wrongdoings–is powerful. I want to be open and direct with God, and myself, about my own sin and not rationalize my sinful actions or become defensive about them. I’m encouraged by how David is still so strong in his faith that God will answer his prayers: 15 I wait for you, O LORD; you will answer, O Lord my God. It’s wonderful to know that even when I sin, God will not abandon me if I truly repent and make myself right before Him.
21 O LORD, do not forsake me; be not far from me, O my God.
22 Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.
i woke up this morning and felt like i wuz alone and, no joking here, prayed something extremely similar to this. after i did it wuz like he wuz there. it wuz awesome :)
18 I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
This verse just simply states it, but the rest of the chapter shows how much David is in anguish over his sin. He says how his back feels like it is being seared, how he feels weak and crushed, how he feels alone and how he is in constant pain. That’s intense. But when I think about how much God hates sin, it’s sad how I can be in any less anguish over sin when I commit it. Yet when Im confronted with sin I know that most of the time I am not broken over it like this. I pray that God will give me a better understanding of how disgusting sin truly is and that I would feel terrible when I commit it and proceed to immediately beg God for His forgiveness and deliverance.
3 Because of your wrath there is no health in my body; my bones have no soundness because of my sin.
God’s wrath is so mighty and powerful it is hard to even wrap your mind around it. God HATES sin and has a storing of wrath for those who do sin (all of us). However, God is also merciful, and will save us from his wrath if we repent. God can move mountains, and do anything he wants. If he can move the oceans, shouldn’t we all fear him and fear his wrath? I pray that I will be constantly thinking of how mighty and powerful God really is. That way, I can fear him and not sin because I fear the consequences.
3 Because of your wrath there is no health in my body; my bones have no soundness because of my sin.
4 My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear.
5 My wounds fester and are loathsome because of my sinful folly.
6 I am bowed down and brought very low; all day long I go about mourning.
7 My back is filled with searing pain; there is no health in my body.
8 I am feeble and utterly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.
I liked what David said in verse three “…because of my sin.” He was feeling all these horible things because of his sin. We should feel the same way about our sins. We should be crushed by our guilt and overwelmed with mourning. We should never want to sin again because of how horrible it feels. Our sin is what seperates us from God. Yet…
21 O LORD, do not forsake me; be not far from me, O my God.
22 Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.
…David looks to God for aid. He calls out to his Savior. When we sin, we should repent from that sin, turn a full 180, and run tward our Savior.
Hey everyone! I like verse 15
I love how confident David is in the fact that the LORD is with him. I want to always have that same mindset. I want to trust in the LORD all the time and I need to always remember that he is with me. I should not doubt him because he is in control of EVERYTHING.
See you all on Sunday!!! I can’t wait!!!
3 Because of your wrath there is no health in my body; my bones have no soundness because of my sin.
He is right!Because of “my” sin…
God is extremely merciful and i am so undeserving of His love and kindness to me. To the world i may be a “good Christian kid” but to my Father, i am a sinful child, needing to improve my walk with Christ and my daily actions. I have to, need to , am going to start now, imporving my walk with Christ. I deserve hell completely and i need to realize that when i am tempted next. Yes, God is love, but He is also judgmental. He is perfect. God forgave me of my sin, yet that totally does not give me a right to use His grace as an excuse.
Lord, cleanse me of my sins, and may my life reflect the glory of your name!
MARANATHA!
2 For your arrows have pierced me, and your hand has come down upon me.
I liked how David described in this verse how his sin was troubling him “your arrows have pierced me, and your hand has come down upon me”. God will punish us for our sin to get us back on track, it just shows God is our Father and will punish us.
8 I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
First step in repentance is knowing and acknowledging what you did wrong and your sins.
21 O LORD, do not forsake me; be not far from me, O my God.
22 Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.
Sometimes I need God and feel alone and I will pray or just have a conversation to Him and I instantly feel his prescence and a warm feeling inside of me.
i love this chapter! It talks about how we are filthy in sin, and how it makes us sick and lowly each and everyday. But all through this chapter, David knows he willl be lifted from it all by the hand of God. He feels the endless power of God’s wrath. He knows the guilt for his sin, that pulls on his heart everyday. And yet, he knows that he will be saved by God. That he will not be harmed by the hand of the enemy, for he has God. God is a mighty and just God! Maranatha!
So encouraging to read all of these comments as they come in today!
I can definitely remember some times in my life where I was crying out to God like David does here… I want to be righteous so I am not in a place of guilt and shame like this…
So excited about the True North Takeover this weekend in the main service! Hope to see you there…come and sit up front and rep True North. Let’s worship the Lord Jesus Christ!
Goodevening everybody . . .
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Psalm 38 . . .
Maddison, I totally agree with you. You said it spot on and hit the nail right on the head. It’s so sad how David’s guilt and God’s wrath was just tearing him apart. The whole chapter of David’s sufferings was really convicting. He’s so specific in what’s hurting him and why.
“1. O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.”
“2. For your arrows have pierced me, and your hand has come down upon me.”
3″. Because of your wrath there is no health in my body; my bones have no soundness because of my sin.”
These verses are all so powerful in the fact that God’s wrath brought down David so much that there wasn’t any health left in his body. We’re just like David in the fact that we’ve sinned so much that our bones are soundless because of our sin. We have all sinned so much, that the wounds we have left ourselves with have festered and are loathsome. How sad is it to know that us completely sinful humans are hurting and torturing our selves from our sin.
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This psalm is great with sin. When i sin, i shouldn’t just apologize to God and ask for forgiveness, I should feel pain and all the things it talks about in the psalm. Most of the time, i forget sin and think oh its not that bad, whatever. But i have been falling into a lot of temptation and I need to get on my knees and pray this prayer to God. We are all in love with sin, when we should be disgusted by sin.
18 I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
This is a great verse to pray! God is so forgiving and loveable!!!!
8 I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
I really liked Beth’s comment on this verse. Sometimes I too, am quick to recognize sin in others and not as aware of my own. My prayer is that when I am confessing my sin to the Lord, that I will do so quickly and accurately. I don’t want to be proud and not see it, or making excuses and treating it casually, not being defensive. God hates my sin and his wrath was poured out on Christ because of it. This Psalm shows me the importance of letting guilt do it’s job so that I will be quick to repent and change from my sin.
18 I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
It is clear by this chapter that we really do need to take sin seriously. Sin is not just something we can do and then say “oops” and then not even think twice about it. If we do this, we just keep repeating it. We need to be guilted by the sin and confess it to God. Repentance comes from guilt with sin. In this chapter David describes how burdensome sin is and how much it separates us from God’s holiness. We need to flee from everything that brings us apart from God.
13 I am like a deaf man, who cannot hear, like a mute, who cannot open his mouth;
14 I have become like a man who does not hear, whose mouth can offer no reply.
15 I wait for you, O LORD; you will answer, O Lord my God.
Sometimes we are so deaf that we don’t even listen. Sometimes I put God aside and do what I want and not what God is telling me to do. I need to LISTEN and lend an ear to the LORD for He has the greatest knowledge of all. AND HE WILL ANSWER! Yes, No, or Wait :]
***I will practice LISTENING!!!***
18 I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
It is so great that we can go to God and confess our sins, and he will give us another chance to prove ourselves to him? I’m so glad that out God is merciful and loves us so much.
1. O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.
David is asking the LORD for mercy! But when we are asking the LORD for mercy, it needs to be out of the bitterness we have toward our sin! We shouldn’t use God’s mercy as an excuse to sin. We shouldn’t say “Oh I know God will forgive me so it’s all good” when we are faced with sin! We should hate sin with a passion and avoid it at all costs.
22. Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.
I love the contradiction between the first verse and the last! In the first, David is wanting to stay away from God’s wrath, and in the last, he is asking God to protect him form God! It’s really hard to put into words that are understandable, but the point is: We need God to save us from God!!
That’s why our relationship with Him should be one of communication! Without communication, we would not be able to ask God to save us and keep us safe in His dwelling place!
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8 I am feeble and utterly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.
As bad as all this conviction sounds there is a bright side to it, it brings true repentance. Sadly, God often has to go to excessive mesuares to bring the disgusting and depressing reality of sin to our minds. I know that I often dumb down the serriousness of my sin so that i don’t feel as guilty, but that is a sin in itself! This chapter encouarges me to be sensitve to my sin and to welcome discipline/Godly sorrow so that I will not be decieved by my wicked heart!
1 O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.
2 For your arrows have pierced me, and your hand has come down upon me.
3 Because of your wrath there is no health in my body; my bones have no soundness because of my sin.
4 My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear.
5 My wounds fester and are loathsome because of my sinful folly.
This is like when Pastor Bobby talked about God’s wrath on sinners and how God cannot be around sin. When we sin, God rebukes us and shows us his wrath, and we are weak because of it. These verses also talk about how the desires of sin arent worth the pain and suffering of God’s wrath, and if we choose to follow God, He will reward us in the end.
15 I wait for you, O LORD; you will answer, O Lord my God.
Just as David is waiting for God here, I always need to be waiting for Him. David is certain that God will answer Him. I need to make sure that I never doubt that God will answer my prayers even if it’s an answer I don’t want. God’s plan is perfect, and I must not forget that.
18 I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
I think that there are a lot of “Christians” who view sin as so unavoidable that they DON’T “let it” trouble them. I need to confess and repent of all my sins all of the time….and hate sin.
1 O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.
This verse helps me keep my attitude right. God has every right to release His wrath on us. The fear of the Lord can keep me headed in the right direction. I’m so glad that in the end times Christians will not be objects of His wrath. “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.”