Psalm 38:5,6(4,5) Part 3
Shalom,
Psalm 38:5 For my iniquities are on my head—like a burden too heavy for me. 6 My wounds are foul and festering because of my foolishness.
Read how these verses begin…. (What story is David telling?)
v. 4a There is no health in my flesh…
v. 5a For my iniquities are on my head…
v. 6a My wounds are foul and festering…
v. 7a I am bent over, bowed down greatly…
v. 8a For my heart is filled with burning pain…
v. 9a I am numb and utterly crushed…
That’s right, David is telling his story of pain and suffering, some of which was self-inflicted. (Due to mistakes he made in raising his boys.) However; as we learned previously, King David is also telling Yeshua’s story.
Isaiah 53:3a He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief… 4 Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our pains. Yet we esteemed Him stricken, struck by God, and afflicted. 5a,b But He was pierced because of our transgressions, crushed because of our iniquities. The chastisement for our shalom was upon Him.
David’s issues were due (at least in part) to his own shortcomings. Yeshua has no shortcomings. His suffering was sacrificial, on our behalf. At the end of verse 6, David blames (at least some of his problems) on what is translated as “foolishness.” The Hebrew word used is “E’val’ti,” and this is the first time this word is used in Scripture, but it won’t be the last. David uses this word again, one time, in Psalm 69:6(5). His son, Solomon, uses the same word often (23 times) in the Proverbs. None of the other prophets uses it again anywhere else through the rest of Scripture.
The question each of us must ask ourselves is this… “How much of our own pain and suffering is due to our own foolishness?” Let us pray,… “Oh Lord, by Your grace, may we keep our focus on You. May Your instruction of wisdom be clear so that our own foolish desires will not lead us astray.”
Proverbs 2:6 For Adonai gives wisdom. Out of His mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
Jacob 1:5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all without hesitation and without reproach; and it will be given to him. 6 But let him ask in faith, without any doubting—for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.
Shalom shalom.
Daily Bread, reading plan by Lars Enarson (https://www.thewatchman.org/)
Mon3-Nov-202512th of Cheshvan, 5786
Ge 18:15-33 Jos 23Ps 23-24Mt 16(1 Jn 4)
Psalm 38:5 For my iniquities are on my head—like a burden too heavy for me. 6 My wounds are foul and festering because of my foolishness.
Read how these verses begin…. (What story is David telling?)
v. 4a There is no health in my flesh…
v. 5a For my iniquities are on my head…
v. 6a My wounds are foul and festering…
v. 7a I am bent over, bowed down greatly…
v. 8a For my heart is filled with burning pain…
v. 9a I am numb and utterly crushed…
That’s right, David is telling his story of pain and suffering, some of which was self-inflicted. (Due to mistakes he made in raising his boys.) However; as we learned previously, King David is also telling Yeshua’s story.
Isaiah 53:3a He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief… 4 Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our pains. Yet we esteemed Him stricken, struck by God, and afflicted. 5a,b But He was pierced because of our transgressions, crushed because of our iniquities. The chastisement for our shalom was upon Him.
David’s issues were due (at least in part) to his own shortcomings. Yeshua has no shortcomings. His suffering was sacrificial, on our behalf. At the end of verse 6, David blames (at least some of his problems) on what is translated as “foolishness.” The Hebrew word used is “E’val’ti,” and this is the first time this word is used in Scripture, but it won’t be the last. David uses this word again, one time, in Psalm 69:6(5). His son, Solomon, uses the same word often (23 times) in the Proverbs. None of the other prophets uses it again anywhere else through the rest of Scripture.
The question each of us must ask ourselves is this… “How much of our own pain and suffering is due to our own foolishness?” Let us pray,… “Oh Lord, by Your grace, may we keep our focus on You. May Your instruction of wisdom be clear so that our own foolish desires will not lead us astray.”
Proverbs 2:6 For Adonai gives wisdom. Out of His mouth comes knowledge and understanding.
Jacob 1:5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all without hesitation and without reproach; and it will be given to him. 6 But let him ask in faith, without any doubting—for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.
Shalom shalom.
Daily Bread, reading plan by Lars Enarson (https://www.thewatchman.org/)
Mon3-Nov-202512th of Cheshvan, 5786
Ge 18:15-33 Jos 23Ps 23-24Mt 16(1 Jn 4)
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