Copyright 2015 J. Neely
Psalm 38:1b
1 A Psalm [mizmowr] of
David [David], to
bring to remembrance [zakar].
O LORD [Yahovah],
rebuke [yakach] me not
in thy wrath [qetseph]:
neither chasten [yacar] me in
thy hot displeasure [chemah]. KJV-Interlinear
1 A Psalm of david, for the memorial
offering.
O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger, nor
discipline me in your wrath!
God provides
blessing when your life is in conformance with His will, and on the other hand,
God can hand out discipline. The former is the more preferable, and the latter
is one in which the abundance from God will prevent His discipline, if you fail
in your life in sin.
David had found
himself in sin and this psalm is an expression of his deep concern that Gods
displeasure was about to be unloaded on him.
Therefore, David
offers a prayer that Gods discipline will not be dealt to him in hot anger, but
in the mercy of grace. Where on the one hand, the anger of God conveys
unbelievable destruction, as would be applied to unbelievers in their total
destruction forever.
The grace of God,
on the other hand, conveys a far lesser degree of punishment, where the point
is well understood, and the pain is mitigated.
To rebuke is
typically one of the use of words, to scold someone. While the use of the word
for chasten, is a reference to physical punishment. Both placed together refers
to the harsh judgment that can be brought against an offending person.
David is
anticipating the worst case scenario of punishment against himself, and begins
his prayer, requesting that the punishment will not be so harsh.
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