Psalms 38:1
What does Psalms 38:1 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 38:1 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath; Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
KJV
King James Version · 1611O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath; Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949O Lord, be not bitter with me in your wrath; let not your hand be on me in the heat of your passion.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862A Psalm of David, `To cause to remember.' Jehovah, in Thy wrath reprove me not, Nor in Thy fury chastise me.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Unto the end, for Idithun himself, a canticle of David.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath; neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
Context
v.1This passage
v.2For thine arrows stick fast in me, And thy hand presseth me sore.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 70:1
Make haste, O God, to deliver me; Make haste to help me, O Jehovah.
- Isaiah 27:8
In measure, when thou sendest them away, thou dost contend with them; he hath removed them with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.
- Habakkuk 3:2
O Jehovah, I have heard the report of thee, and am afraid: O Jehovah, revive thy work in the midst of the years; In the midst of the years make it known; In wrath remember mercy.
- Psalms 88:7
Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, And thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. [Selah
- Hebrews 12:5
and ye have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons, My son, regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when thou art reproved of him;
- Isaiah 54:8
In overflowing wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting lovingkindness will I have mercy on thee, saith Jehovah thy Redeemer.
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