Psalm 38

Psalm 38 is the 38th psalm of the Book of Psalms and titled "A psalm of David to bring to remembrance."

The Psalms topic is God's displeasure at sin. (1-11) and the psalmist's sufferings and prayers. (12-22). The Psalm opens with a prayer, David felt as if he had been forgotten of his God. It then passes intermittently between complaint and hope.Benjamin Weiss noted the "depth of misery into which the psalmist gradually plunges in his complaints, then the sudden grasp at the arm of mercy and omnipotence"

Written late in Davids Life, though Coffman's believes it was early in David's reign It was oft conjectured as a biography of sorts for David.John Calvin thought rather it was David's intent to commit to music to transmit what he had learnt through his life, of the relationship he had with his Lord before he passed.

Uses

Judaism

Catholics

From around 530AD, this Psalm was traditionally performed at monasteries, during matins of lundi, according to the rule of St. Benedict. Nowadays, Psalm 37 is recited during the liturgy of the hours on Friday, the second semaine8, at the Office of Readings.

Psalms

The Book of Psalms, Tehillim in Hebrew (תְּהִלִּים or תהילים meaning "Praises"), commonly referred to simply as Psalms or "the Psalms", is the first book of the Ketuvim ("Writings"), the third section of the Hebrew Bible, and a book of the Christian Old Testament. The title is derived from the Greek translation, ψαλμοί psalmoi, meaning "instrumental music" and, by extension, "the words accompanying the music." The book is an anthology of individual psalms, with 150 in the Jewish and Western Christian tradition and more in the Eastern Christian churches. Many of the psalms are linked to the name of King David, although his authorship is not accepted by modern Bible scholars.

Structure

Benedictions

The Book of Psalms is divided into five sections, each closing with a doxology (i.e., a benediction) – these divisions were probably introduced by the final editors to imitate the five-fold division of the Torah:

Psalm (disambiguation)

Psalms is a book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament.

Psalm may also refer to:

Psalm 79

Psalm 79 (Greek numbering: Psalm 78) is the 79th psalm in the biblical Book of Psalms.

Uses

Judaism

References