Psalm 38

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 38:7

For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease ,.... The word here used has the signification of burning F11 R. Joseph Kimchi & Abendana נקלה "ardore", Pagninus, Vatablus; "ardens ulcus", Musculus, so some in Vatablus; "tostione", Piscator; "adustione", Gejerus; so the Targum; "adusto", Gussetius, Ebr. Comment. p. 742. ; and the Targum renders it, "my loins are filled with burning"; a burning fever was upon him, or there was an inflammation in those parts; a hot burning... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 38:8

I am feeble ,.... Both in body, natural strength being weakened by the affliction, and dried up like a potsherd by the heat of the distemper; and in soul, being weak in the exercise of faith and other graces. The word is used of Jacob, fainting at and disbelieving the news of his son Joseph being alive, Genesis 45:26 ; and sore broken ; in his constitution with the disease, and in his mind with trouble; especially for his sin, and under a sense of the divine displeasure; his bones were... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 38:9

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 unto these things; and it was some satisfaction to him that it was before the Lord, and known unto him, before whom all things are naked and open; and my groaning is not hid from thee ; under the weight of his affliction, the burden of his sin, and which he expressed in prayer to the Lord,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 38:10

My heart panteth ,.... Or "goes about" F13 סחרחר "circuivit", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus. ; runs here and there, and finds no rest; as Aben Ezra interprets the word from the Targum he cites; though the Targum we have renders it, "my heart shakes with fear", or dread, as persons in a fever. Jarchi interprets the word, surrounded with grief; it denotes the panting or palpitation of the heart, through sorrow and dread, and the failing of it, even as at death; my strength faileth me... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 38:11

My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore ,.... As if it was a plague sore, lest they should be infected with it; or because they could not bear the stench of his wounds, and the loathsomeness of his disease, or to see him in his agonies, and hear his roaring and his groans, Psalm 38:2 ; or as taking his case to be desperate, as if he was just dying, and no help could be given him, Psalm 38:10 ; If it was the leprosy, as some Jewish writers have affirmed, the word נגע ,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 38:12

They also that seek after my life ,.... His avowed and implacable enemies, whom nothing would satisfy but the taking away of his life: these came too near him; for these, he says, lay snares for me , as Satan does for the souls of men, as the Jews did for Christ, and as wicked men do for the saints, Psalm 124:7 ; and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things ; to the injury of his character and reputation: and imagine deceits all the day long ; contrive artful schemes... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 38:13

But I, as a deaf man , heard not ,.... He acted the part of a deaf man, and made as if he did not hear the mischievous things his enemies spoke; as Saul, when the sons of Belial spoke against him and despised him, 1 Samuel 10:27 ; and as our Lord when his enemies accused him, Matthew 27:12 ; and I was as a dumb man, that openeth not his mouth ; made no reply to what they said, and did not render railing for railing; in which Christ was the antitype of him, Isaiah 53:7 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 38:14

Thus I was as a man that heareth not ,.... Any thing that is said unto him; he took no more notice of it than if he had never heard it; but bore all the railings and calumnies of men with calmness and patience; and in whose mouth are no reproofs ; as if he had nothing to say for himself, in vindication of his character, and to the refutation of his enemies; as if he had no arguments to make use of, for the conviction and reproof of his adversaries. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 38:15

For in thee, O Lord, do I hope ,.... That he would plead his cause against his accusers and revilers, and who sought his hurt; that he should be delivered out of their hands, and out of all his afflictions; that he should be healed of his diseases, both of soul and body, under which he laboured; and should again enjoy the light of God's countenance, and have the discoveries of his pardoning grace and mercy; and this was the reason why he was so calm and quiet amidst the unkindnesses of his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 38:16

For I said, hear me ,.... This he had expressed in prayer to God; he had committed his cause to him, and entreated him that he would hear and answer him; giving this as a reason, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me ; at his misfortunes and calamities, at the continuance of his trouble and distress, both of body and mind; when my foot slippeth ; as it sometimes did through the corruptions of nature, the temptations of Satan, and the snares of the world; which is more or... read more

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