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See also Psalms 38 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    I. “Author of the psalm” - The psalm purports to have been written by David, and there is no reason to doubt that it was composed by him. There is no tradition to the contrary, and there is nothing in...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Tortured by pain of body and anguish of mind, deserted by his friends, mocked and menaced by his enemies, the Psalmist lays his cause before God. In his sufferings he recognises the merited punishment...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    XXXVIII. Reading only the first part of this psalm (Psalms 38:1), we should positively assign it to some individual sufferer who had learnt the lesson which St. Jerome says is here taught: “if any sic...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 38 A PSALM OF DAVID, TO BRING TO REMEMBRANCE. This psalm was composed by David under some sore affliction, and when in great distress of mind by reason of sin, perhaps his sin w...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _A.M. 2962. B.C. 1042._ Dr. Delaney, in the seventh chapter of the third book of his Life of David, has given it as his opinion that this Psalm, and the next three, were occasioned by a grievous dist...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    * God's displeasure at sin. (1-11) The psalmist's sufferings and prayers. (12-22)...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    HEADING. ‘A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.' Compare the same description in Psalms 70. The thought may be that he wanted to bring to God's remembrance the sufferers, whom He seems to have f...

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