Psalm 38

This article is about Psalm 38 in Hebrew (Masoretic) numbering. For Psalm 38 in Greek Septuagint or Latin Vulgate numbering, see Psalm 39.
Psalm 38
A psalm of David to bring to remembrance
"O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath"
Psalm 38 (Vulgate: 37) from the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry manuscript
Other name
  • Psalm 37
  • Domine, ne in furore tuo arguas me
Textby David
LanguageHebrew (original)

Psalm 38 is the 38th psalm of the Book of Psalms, entitled "A psalm of David to bring to remembrance",[1] is one of the 7 Penitential Psalms.[2] In the slightly different numbering system used in the Greek Septuagint version of the Bible, and in the Latin Vulgate, this psalm is Psalm 37.

In the English King James Version of the Bible, it begins: "O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath". In Latin, it is known as "Domine, ne in furore tuo arguas me".[3]

The title "to bring to remembrance" also applies to Psalm 70.[2]

  1. ^ Matthew Henry, Commentaries on Psalm 38
  2. ^ a b Kirkpatrick, A. (1906), Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges on Psalm 38, accessed 3 November 2021
  3. ^ Parallel Latin/English Psalter / Psalmus 37 (38) Archived 2017-05-07 at the Wayback Machine medievalist.net