Psalm 38: Pressed Until You Confess: Conviction Over Condemnation | Matthew Maher | Landmark Church

O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your wrath, Nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure! For Your arrows pierce me deeply, And Your hand presses me down. — Psalm 38:1-2

• The hand of the Lord presses down to purge out.

There is no soundness in my flesh Because of Your anger, Nor any health in my bones Because of my sin. For my iniquities have gone over my head; Like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. My wounds are foul and festering Because of my foolishness. — Psalm 38:3-5

• Sin depresses, the Spirit deeply presses, so the soul confesses.

I am troubled, I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. For my loins are full of inflammation, And there is no soundness in my flesh. I am feeble and severely broken; I groan because of the turmoil of my heart. — Psalm 38:6-8

• If sin doesn't make you flinch, the Spirit may already be quenched.

Lord, all my desire is before You; And my sighing is not hidden from You. My heart pants, my strength fails me; As for the light of my eyes, it also has gone from me. — Psalm 38:9-10

• What you expose to God, He covers. What you cover from God, He exposes.

My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague, And my relatives stand afar off. Those also who seek my life lay snares for me; Those who seek my hurt speak of destruction, And plan deception all the day long. But I, like a deaf man, do not hear; And I am like a mute who does not open his mouth. Thus I am like a man who does not hear, And in whose mouth is no response. — Psalm 38:11-14

• It's better to be silent before man and heard by God than loud before man and wrong before God.

For in You, O Lord, I hope; You will hear, O Lord my God. For I said, "Hear me, lest they rejoice over me, Lest, when my foot slips, they exalt themselves against me." — Psalm 38:15-16

• Hope in the Lord is not a feeling; it is a fueling.

For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me. For I will declare my iniquity; I will be in anguish over my sin. But my enemies are vigorous, and they are strong; And those who hate me wrongfully have multiplied. Those also who render evil for good, They are my adversaries, because I follow what is good. — Psalm 38:17-20

• To be a person after God's heart is to be a person who goes after God's heart.

Do not forsake me, O Lord; O my God, be not far from me! Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation! — Psalm 38:21-22