Psalms 38:8

Lord, all my desire is before thee,.... To be delivered from his afflictions, to have a discovery and application of pardoning grace, and to have communion with his God: the desire of his soul was…

I am feeble - The word used here means properly to be cold, or without warmth; and then, to be torpid or languid. Compare Gen 45:26. Would not this be well represented by the idea of a “chill?” And…

The title of this psalm is very observable; it is a psalm to bring to remembrance; the 70th psalm, which was likewise penned in a day of affliction, is so entitled. It is designed, 1. To bring to his…

I am faint and sore bruised (R.V.). Cp. Psa 51:8; Isa 53:5; Isa 53:10.

I have roared&c. Lit. I have roared(Psa 22:1; Psa 32:3; Job 3:24) from the moaning of my heart. The inward moaning of his heart…