Psa. 38:Titlea| Psalm| Psa. 3 title
Psa. 38:11a| O| Psa. 6:1
| David’s prayer in Psa. 37, in which he said that the righteous would inherit the land (37:29) and the wicked would be cut off (37:34), was according to his natural logic, but his prayer in this psalm, in which he was compelled by God’s chastising (vv. 1, 3) to groan before God (vv. 8-9), to confess his sin (v. 3), and to declare his iniquity (vv. 4, 18), was according to God’s revelation. Cf. note 31 in Psa. 7.
Psa. 38:81| groaning
| Groaning here indicates that the psalmist had an inward burden to pray, but he did not know what to say. Hence, all he could do was groan. See note 262 in Rom. 8.
Psa. 38:11a| far| Luke 23:49
Psa. 38:13a| mouth| Psa. 39:2;| Isa. 53:7;| 1|Pet. 2:23
Psa. 38:22a| salvation| Psa. 27:9;| 51:14;| 88:1