Psalms 38

Psalms 38:1-22

Psalms 38 The Suffering Saint and Confession of Sin

1. Suffering and Humiliation (Psalms 38:1-8)
2. Looking to the Lord (Psalms 38:9-15)
3. Confession and prayer (Psalms 38:16-20) This Psalm is read by the Jews on the day of atonement. It pictures great suffering in body and soul; it reminds us in different ways of the book of Job. (See and compare Psalms 38:2 with Job 6:4; Psalms 38:4 with Job 23:2; Psalms 38:11 with Job 19:13; the loathsome disease, with no soundness in the flesh, also reminds of Job’ s experience.) And the suffering one looks to Jehovah, He is his hope. He confesses his sins, pleads, “ Make haste to help me, O Lord of my salvation.” And that cry will always be answered.