Psalms 38:1

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.”

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BSBPD

“O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath; Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“A Psalm of David, `To cause to remember.' Jehovah, in Thy wrath reprove me not, Nor in Thy fury chastise me.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 38:1 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 9:19For I was afraid of the anger and wrath that the LORD had directed against you, enough to destroy you. But the LORD listened to me this time as well.
  2. Psalms 6:1O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
  3. Psalms 70:1Make haste, O God, to deliver me! Hurry, O LORD, to help me!
  4. Psalms 88:7Your wrath weighs heavily upon me; all Your waves have submerged me. Selah
  5. Psalms 88:15From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.
  6. Isaiah 27:8By warfare and exile You contended with her and removed her with a fierce wind, as on the day the east wind blows.
  7. Isaiah 54:8In a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD your Redeemer.
  8. Jeremiah 10:24Correct me, O LORD, but only with justice— not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.
  9. Jeremiah 30:11For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have scattered you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”
  10. Habakkuk 3:2O LORD, I have heard the report of You; I stand in awe, O LORD, of Your deeds. Revive them in these years; make them known in these years. In Your wrath, remember mercy!
  11. Hebrews 12:5And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you.

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