Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 38:13
Dumb — Was silent, to testify his humiliation for his sins, and his acceptation of the punishment which he had brought upon himself.
Dumb — Was silent, to testify his humiliation for his sins, and his acceptation of the punishment which he had brought upon himself.
Verse Psalms 38:13. _BUT I, AS A DEAF_ MAN] I was conscious of my guilt, I could not vindicate myself; and I was obliged in silence to bear their insults....
BUT I, AS A DEAF MAN, HEARD NOT - I was as if I had been deaf, and did not hear them or know what they were about. I took no notice of what they did anymore than if I had not heard them. That is, he d...
Psalms 38 The Suffering Saint and Confession of Sin _ 1. Suffering and Humiliation (Psalms 38:1)_ 2. Looking to the Lord (Psalms 38:9) 3. Confession and prayer ...
XXXVIII. A PENITENTIAL PSALM. After a short prayer for pity (verbally identical with Psalms 6:2), the poet describes his bodily and mental pains, the desertion of his friends, and the unscrupulous att...
The neglect of friends and the scorn of enemies augment his sufferings....
Conscious of guilt he must keep silence and commit his cause to God, resigned and patient as though he did not hear the insults, or had no power to answer them. Cp. Psalms 39:9; Isaiah 53:7; 1 Peter 2...
PSALMS 38 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Prayer for Deliverance from Disease and from Enemies. ANALYSIS Part I. _Against Disease._ Stanza I., Psalms 38:1-2, Jehovah's Anger Deprecated. Stanza II., Psalms 38:3-5...
_BUT I, AS A DEAF MAN, HEARD NOT; AND I WAS AS A DUMB MAN THAT OPENETH NOT HIS MOUTH._ Not only the severity of his affliction, but also, as he here shows, his manner of bearing it-namely, silently a...
This Ps. may be compared with Psalms 6. It is the prayer of one who, like Job, is in great bodily suffering (Psalms 38:1), and is also deserted by his friends (Psalms 38:11), and beset by treacherous...
Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...
_[Psalms 38:14]_ וַ אֲנִ֣י כְ֭ חֵרֵשׁ לֹ֣א...
Psalms 38:1 THIS is a long-drawn wail. passionate at first, but gradually calming itself into submission and trust, though never passing from the minor key. The name of God is invoked thrice (Psalms 3...
THE CRY OF THE NEEDY PENITENT Psalms 38:1 A long drawn-out sigh of pain. Some think it should be classed with Psalms 32:1; Psalms 51:1, as belonging to the time of David's fall and repentance. It is...
This is the third of what are known as the penitential psalms. The circumstances of the singer were most distressing. He was suffering from some terrible physical malady, deserted by his friends, and...
But I, as a (k) deaf [man], heard not; and [I was] as a dumb man [that] openeth not his mouth. (k) For I can have no audience before men, and therefore patiently wait for the help of God....
_Were. 1 Paralipomenon xxix. 15. I can expect aid from no other but thee. (Calmet) --- Heaven is our home. (Worthington) --- "Life is a travelling from home." (Plato in Axiocho.)_...
Who that ever read the prophet's account of Him, that as a sheep before her shearers was dumb, so he opened not his mouth; or who that ever read the relation of Jesus standing before Pilate, when, ami...
Psalms 38 _ Proper Psalm for Ash Wednesday_ (_Morning_). PSALMS 38-40 = _ Day 8_ (_Morning_)....
13_But I, as a deaf man, hear not, etc. _The inspired writer here compares himself to a dumb and deaf man, for two reasons. In the first place, he intimates that he was so overwhelmed with the false a...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS PSALMS 38 AND 39. Psalms 38 and 39 have, as I have said, a distinct and peculiar character. The deliverance has been sought and looked for by the upright, and forgivene...
BUT I, AS A DEAF [MAN], HEARD NOT,.... He acted the part of a deaf man, and made as if he did not hear the mischievous things his enemies spoke; as Saul, when the sons of Belial spoke against him and...
But I, as a deaf [man], heard not; and [I was] as a dumb man [that] openeth not his mouth. Ver. 13. _But I, as a deaf man, heard not_] But possessed any soul in patience; in quietness and confidence...
_My lovers and friends stand aloof_ Either through neglect and contempt, or disdain of me. _They that seek my life lay snares for me_ That if my affliction or trouble do not kill me, they may destroy...
But I, as a deaf man, heard not, he deliberately shut his ears in order not to be provoked to a reply to their insulting speeches; AND I WAS AS A DUMB MAN THAT OPENETH NOT HIS MOUTH, the consciousness...
PRAYER FOR RELIEF FROM A BURDEN OF GUILT. A psalm of David, to bring to remembrance, to remind God of His great mercy toward poor sinners, the hymn probably being intended for that part of worship wh...
12-22 Wicked men hate goodness, even when they benefit by it. David, in the complaints he makes of his enemies, seems to refer to Christ. But our enemies do us real mischief only when they drive us f...
I carried myself towards them as if I had no ears to hear what they said either to me or for me, nor a tongue to answer or reprove them for their reproaches and calumnies; which he did not for, want o...
Psalms 38:13 deaf H2795 hear H8085 (H8799) mute H483 open H6605 (H8799) mouth H6310...
2). HE LOOKS TO HIS SOVEREIGN LORD AMIDST EVEN THE DESERTION OF HIS FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES (PSALMS 38:9). Up to this point the Psalmist's emphasis has been on his own personal state. It is his state o...
‘But I, as a deaf man, hear not, And I am as a dumb man who opens not his mouth. Yes, I am as a man who hears not, And in whose mouth are no reproofs. For in you, O YHWH, do I hope, You will answ...
I am going to read two portions of Scripture. In the first, the 38 th Psalm, we shall hear a suffering servant of Jehovah crying out to his God. Psalms 38:1. _O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neit...
A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. Remember, although this is a very sorrowful Psalm, it was written by a man of God. It will show you what a terrible thing sin must be, for even a child of Go...
CONTENTS: David's grief, complaints and confession. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: God often contends with His children to awaken their consciences and to set their sins in order before them fo...
In Psalms 38:19, David intimates that he was hated wrongfully, because he followed good. This psalm was composed under some new outbreaking of Saul's persecution, when his mind sunk under depression,...
_O Lord, rebuke me not in Thy wrath: neither chasten me in Thy hot displeasure._ GREAT PERSONAL AFFLICTION I. Elements of aggravation. 1. A dread of Divine displeasure (Psalms 38:1). 2. A crushing...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 38:1. In this lament the singer lays his troubles before God, fully realizing that those troubles result from his own sin. The psalm describes anguish of body and mind, dese...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 38:9 The singer’s FRIENDS AND COMPANIONS STAND ALOOF (v. Psalms 38:11), thus adding loneliness to helplessness (vv....
INTRODUCTION This is a psalm of David to call to remembrance his past life, and, no doubt, has especial reference to his sin with Bathsheba. It calls up to the view of his memory the sins of the past,...
EXPOSITION THIS is the third of the penitential psalms, and is appropriately recited by the Church on Ash Wednesday. Of all the penitential psalms it is the one which shows the deepest marks of utter...
Psa 38:1-22. This is read on Yom Kippur. Now David, through some sin, and he doesn't tell us what, became very sick. And this psalm is occasion by this great sickness that David had because of some si...
1 Peter 2:23; 2 Samuel 16:10; Isaiah 53:7; Psalms 39:2; Psalms 39:9