Psalms 38:1
O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
BSB
ASV
O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath; Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
KJV
O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
(Vers. 1.) Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger; nor chasten me in your wrath. He who repents should be prepared to endure reproaches and suffer injuries; and not be disturbed if someone accuses him of his own sin. For if he himself must accuse himself, why does he not endure others accusing him? And if he should not fear being accused by a man, how much more by his Lord God, to whom we all, even in secret things, sin; since the condemnation of present things, especially the absolution of future things, is from Him.
O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath. Rebuked I must be, for I am an erring child and thou a careful Father, but throw not too much anger into the tones of thy voice; deal gently although I have sinned grievously. The anger of others I can bear, but not thine. As thy love is most sweet to my heart, so thy displeasure is most cutting to my conscience. Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
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Psalms 6:1O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
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Correct me, O LORD, but only with justice—not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.
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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.
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The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion.
Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Although I struck you in anger, yet in favor I will show you mercy.
But for this very reason I was shown mercy, so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display His perfect patience as an example to those who would believe in Him…
And the nations will know that the house of Israel went into exile for their iniquity, because they were unfaithful to Me. So I hid My face from them and delivered them into the…
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Psalms 70:1Make haste, O God, to deliver me! Hurry, O LORD, to help me!
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Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; hurry, O LORD, to help me.
Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.
Be not far from me, O God. Hurry, O my God, to help me.