1 Unto the end. For Jeduthun himself. A Canticle of David.
2 I said, “I will keep to my ways, so that I will not offend with my tongue.” I posted a guard at my mouth, when a sinner took up a position against me.
3 I was silenced and humbled, and I was quiet before good things, and my sorrow was renewed.
4 My heart grew hot within me, and, during my meditation, a fire would flare up.
5 I spoke with my tongue, “O Lord, make me know my end, and what the number of my days will be, so that I may know what is lacking to me.”
6 Behold, you have made my days measurable, and, before you, my substance is as nothing. Yet truly, all things are vanity: every living man.
7 So then, truly man passes by like an image; even so, he is disquieted in vain. He stores up, and he knows not for whom he will gather these things.
8 And now, what is it that awaits me? Is it not the Lord? And my substance is with you.
9 Rescue me from all my iniquities. You have handed me over as reproach to the foolish.
10 I was silenced, and I did not open my mouth, because it was you who acted.
11 Remove your scourges from me.
12 I fall short at corrections from the strength of your hand. For you have chastised man for iniquity. And you have made his soul shrink away like a spider. Nevertheless, it is in vain that any man be disquieted.
13 O Lord, heed my prayer and my supplication. Pay attention to my tears. Do not be silent. For I am a newcomer with you, and a sojourner, just as all my fathers were.
14 Forgive me, so that I may be refreshed, before I will go forth and be no more.
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Psalm 38 is a prayer of repentance and supplication for mercy, where the psalmist recognizes his guilt and calls for God's help in the midst of suffering. The selected verses are related to topics such as pain, affliction, repentance and trust in God.
Psalm 6:2: "There is mercy on me, Lord, because I feel weak; sarah, Lord, because my bones are shaken." Like the psalmist in Psalm 38, the psalmist in Psalm 6 calls for mercy and heals for his pain and suffering.
Psalm 25:18: "Look at my affliction and my suffering, and forgive all my sins." This verse shows the psalmist's humility to recognize his guilt and ask forgiveness, a theme also present in Psalm 38.
Psalm 51:10: "Creates in me, O God, a pure heart and renews within me an unshakable spirit." This verse is a prayer of repentance and desire for purification of the heart, related to the theme of repentance and confession of sins present in Psalm 38.
Psalm 116:1-2: "I love the Lord, because He hears my voice and my supplications. For He leans His ears to me, so throughout my life I will invoke him." This verse shows the confidence and faith of the psalmist in God, a theme present in Psalm 38 when the psalmist calls for help and liberation from suffering.
Psalm 147:3: "He heals those with a broken heart and takes care of his wounds." This verse shows God's compassion and care for those who suffer, a theme present in Psalm 38 where the psalmist calls for healing and liberation from his pain and suffering.
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