THE BOOK OF PSALMS

Psalms - Chapter 38 

Psalms 38:1 says, "[[A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.]] O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure." "Rebuke" means "judge." "Wrath" means "anger." "Hot displeasure" means "righteous indignation." Loving Father God and wanting to be obedient to His will, when falling short of Father's grace and mercy, we pray that our LORD will chastise, however not with the same anger shown toward the wicked. Anyone who is a servant to our Father God welcomes His chastisement though, since correction is an expression of love and there is no greater love than the love Father God has for His children.  

Psalms 38:2 says, "For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore." "Arrows" are symbolic of Father God's "judgment" and as "lightening", it gets your attention. "Sore" is symbolic of feeling "spiritually chastised." Just as David sinned, all of humanity sins and this is why our Father God gave to His children the greatest love of all "Christ Jesus." It is through our Lord Jesus Christ that Father's children can approach "His Throne" and seek forgiveness for sins committed. 

Psalms 38:3 says, "There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin." It is "exhausting {no soundness}" to carry around the burdens of your sins and not have any "peace {rest, Christ Jesus}" of mind with Father God spiritually because you are wrestling with your conscious over the guilt of your sins. When you feel yourself falling in this way, remember to call on Father God who is there to lift you up. Meditate on the love of our LORD and repent of your sins in the "Name of Christ Jesus."  

Psalms 38:4 says, "For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me." "Mine iniquities" mean "to do wrong; sin." When you are carrying countless sins, your spiritual self is weighed down and you are heavy laden. Christ Jesus said in Matthew 11:28 - 30, "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." "Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls." "For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light." We are living in a time of grace and mercy, thanks to our Father God Almighty. When your sins are so heavy you are burdened down, take it to our LORD in prayer, atoning of those transgressions through our Lord Jesus Christ from a repentant heart, asking Father for forgiveness. Father will wipe those wrongdoings away and help you back to the path of righteousness.  

Psalms 38:5 says, "My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness." As we now live, sin is not hidden. It is flaunted and encouraged. People get "caught up" in sinful natures and then they are laden with the burden of guilt over those sins committed that are not hidden from the eyes of many. When Father's children remove Him from their lives as they publically participate in homosexual misconduct, forbid children to speak of the goodness of Father God within their schools, dare to mention Father God in a public forum for fear of offending someone who serves idols or does not believe at all, this "wickedness {stink}" causes onlookers to "despise wisdom {foolishness}." The bearer of the sin that is before an open forum, while feeling good about the offense at the time it was committed, once there has been time to meditate on the wrongdoing, the realization of the foolishness of the sinful acts become burdensome to the spirit as they wrestle with guilt. When you act foolishly and the burdens of those sins are weighing you down, with a heart of repentance seek forgiveness from our Father God. It is your choice. You can hold on to your misery or accept Father God's outstretched hand.   

Psalms 38:6 says, "I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long." The guilt and burden of sin can pull you down so low that you feel faint and unstable; your spiritual self is bothered and has no rest. You feel as if you cannot sink any lower as darkness is all around you, and it is. When you allow yourself to fall and lay there in your own self pity, mourning over the guilt of sin, you are making satan's day. Revelation 12:10 says, "And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night." "Which accused them before our God day and night" is speaking of satan and it means that while he is yet in Heaven, he accuses and mocks Father's children, especially His very elect, when they fall short in sin. What satan does is point out the sinful natures of Father's children to Him; "look at them", he says, "doing every vile thing that is unworthy of You." Our LORD is a loving and forgiving Father and through Christ Jesus you can repent of those transgressions that are weighing you down, giving you no rest as your spirit wrestles to be lifted up. Let your conscious be your guide to wisdom and common sense. 

Psalms 38:7 says, "For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh." There is a "burning {loathsome disease}" within my belly that spreads throughout my "entire {no soundness}" body bringing discomfort to my very existence.  

Psalms 38:8 says, "I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart." Both body and spirit feel crushed, as if they want to collapse and I "cry out in distress {roared}", "groaning {disquiteness}" because of the pain raging within my heart, within my spiritual self as guilt plagues me and my conscious gives me no rest. How foolish it is to suffer the pain of guilt for sins committed to the point it makes you sick in both body and spirit when, if you truly are sorry, all that is necessary is to seek forgiveness before the "Throne of Almighty God in the Name of Christ Jesus." Our Father loves His children so much that He took the "Flesh through His Beloved Son Christ Jesus, sacrificed Himself on that cross at Calvary, defeating death [satan], opening salvation and repentance to all", and while claiming to be a christian who believes these truths, you bask in the guilt of sin to the point that you are no good to yourself and of absolutely no use to our Father God who has a "Perfect Plan" that His children should be a part of. 

Psalms 38:9 says, "Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee." David is confessing to Father God that he knows that our LORD has seen the wrong that he did, and as it was with David, so it is for you and me. Father sees and knows all about our wrongdoings since there is nothing hidden from the eyes of our LORD. When your soul is hurting, Father knows this and He wants you to come before "His Throne" with a repentant heart and receive the love, forgiveness and compassion He has for you. There is only one remedy for this sting of disease and "His Name is Christ Jesus." Repent from a true heart and get back on that path of righteous wherein you are loving, serving and doing the will of our Father God which shall keep you on a path of righteousness. We will never be perfect; however Father blesses our efforts when we do all within our power to please Him.

Psalms 38:10 says, "My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me." I can hear the pounding of my own heart as I am weak physically, mentally and emotionally as my conscious bounds me in my sins to the point of poor health. My eyes which are the mirror of my soul are in darkness as my spirit feels as if it has no life. This is what a pity party will reward you with. "Christ Jesus is the Light of the world." Seek Him and receive a healing. 

Psalms 38:11 says, "My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off." My loved ones and friends want nothing to do with me because of my sinfulness, and I just continue to waddle in self pity, letting punishment have victory over repentance. I would certainly keep my distance from one who is so full of sin that their path is lined with arrows sent from Father God for the purpose of getting their attention to do the right thing so they once again become pleasing to our LORD. Only a fool would keep company with anyone who rejects Father God who gave to His children "the Greatest Love of All."  

Psalms 38:12 says, "They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long." My loved ones have abandoned me and now my enemies, in my weakness, are laying traps of deception to ensnare me as they seek my "total destruction {hurt}." My loved ones and friends are talking about the sins I have committed and my enemies are taking it to a deeper level adding their own lies to embellish my shame. The enemy will definitely kick you when you are down and if you are feeling worthless within your own spirit, you are a valuable target for the wicked. 

Psalms 38:13 says, "But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth." I was silent to what was being said of my sins; not listening to what they were saying or addressing their comments about me. When you tune out the babbling of those around you and remove yourself from the ways of the world, it is likely you are about to return and be under the grace and mercy of Almighty God. 

Psalms 38:14 says, "Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs." Knowing what the people are saying about my sins, I have no argument in response to what they are saying because there is truth being told. I am so low in my own sin that I cannot even take up a defense against the babbling tongues that are persecuting me. This should open your eyes to the fact that you cannot lift yourself up by your own accord. It is only by the "Hand of Almighty God" that you can be delivered from your own wickedness and the perpetrators of wickedness that surround you. It is by your love, faith and trust in Father that you will seek and receive, with confidence, "His help." 

Psalms 38:15 says, "For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God." At long last David is looking to our Father God wherein his help lies. Place your "trust {hope}" in yourself, other people, your pulpit guru, anyone or anything that is a part of the creation and you will surely fall. The only hope of promise is in and from our "Creator, Father God Almighty through His Beloved Son Christ Jesus" who always hears and responds to His children who place their trust in Him. 

Psalms 38:16 says, "For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me." Whenever you find yourself standing on pebbles, shaky ground, slipping and sliding, about to fall, you can count on the wicked moving in to give you that push that will cause you to fall flat on your spiritual face. The wicked are not trying to lift you up; they are trying to keep you down so you are of no use to our Father God. This is why you always do your best to stand on the "Rock who is our Lord Jesus Christ" serving Father God Almighty, who will lift you up before you fall when you are loving, disciplined, obedient and repenting of your sins according to "His Word." The wicked think they are giants and you know they are not since Father God has given His very elect power over all enemies great and small if you are loving, studying, serving and under the will of our LORD. 

Psalms 38:17 says, "For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me." Day and night I cry, my pillow soaked with my own tears and I cannot lift myself up without "Your" help my "Father God Almighty" who I know is "Faithful and True." 

Psalms 38:18 says, "For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin." I will no longer, my Father God, remain low and sickly spiritually, physically, mentally and emotionally. I confess my sins Father, my heart remorseful as I come before "Your Throne in the Name of Christ Jesus" with a repentant spirit. Forgive me my LORD as I have a heart of love for You, my desire to change and please You as I return to that path of righteousness wherein lies my spiritual joy through Christ Jesus. Father God laid down His life for this cause, that all can come before "His Throne in the Name of Christ Jesus" and repent of all sins from a true heart. 

Psalms 38:19 says, "But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied." As I seek forgiveness for my sins, change my ways and get back on that path of righteousness wherein I am in your faithful service, studying, sharing and planting the seeds of truth from "Your Precious Word", I know the number of the wicked against me shall increase. When you are in the service of our Father God, doing His will, expect the enemy and be prepared to "stand" against and disarm them of their doctrines and traditions of men with the "Truth of our Father's Word" and watch them flee since truth causes them to fall in their own filthy lies. Do not spend your time worrying about what the wicked say or feel about you. Spend your time studying Father's Word, building your gospel armor as is taught in Ephesians - Chapter 1 so you are ready to "stand" against satan and his entourage when they are cast to this earth to perpetrate the greatest deception ever to be known to humanity. 

Psalms 38:20 says, "They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is." Remember Christ Jesus taught in John - Chapter 10 of the wicked who stoned Him. Our Lord Jesus Christ said to the wicked, "I had shown you many good things of My Father and you [the wicked] show me evil as you stone Me." "For which good that I showed you do you stone Me for?” For all the good Christ Jesus did, He was met with evil; crucified as a murderer was chosen and freed over Him. Being under the will of our Father God doing good, when the wicked bring evil against you, do not let them sway you away from doing your good works since if you allow it, you are removing yourself from the "Goodness of Father God" which means you let the wicked have the victory and change the relationship you have with our LORD. Remember, there is "Victory with Father God Almighty, Only." 

Psalms 38:21 says, "Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me." Father God will never leave or forsake His children who do not forsake Him [Hebrews 13:5].  II Chronicles 15:2 says, "And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you." Hold to Father’s unchanging hand and acknowledge Him in your life since our "LORD God Almighty Faithful and True" is always there for His children who seek Him. 

Psalms 38:22 says, "Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation." If you want to find joy and be excited about something, let it be about the love, blessings and the promises of Almighty God which you will only know when you study "His Word" seeking that increase of understanding only Father God can give. In the time of trouble that shall be upon this earth when satan is cast here as the first/false anti-christ, your only refuge shall come from Father God. There is no "help {deliverance}" or any other way to be "saved and victorious {salvation}" except by "YAHOVAH, Father God Almighty" through "Yeshua, Christ Jesus" by the blessings of "His Holy Spirit."