The Suffering Saint and Confession of Sin

1. Suffering and Humiliation (Psalm 38:1-8)

2. Looking to the Lord (Psalm 38:9-15)

3. Confession and prayer (Psalm 38:16-20)

This Psalm is read by the Jews on the day of atonement. It pictures great suffering in body and soul; it reminds us in different ways of the book of Job. (See and compare Psalm 38:2 with Job 6:4; Psalm 38:4 with Job 23:2; Psalm 38:11 with Job 19:13; the loathsome disease, with no soundness in the flesh, also reminds of Job’s experience.) And the suffering one looks to Jehovah, He is his hope. He confesses his sins, pleads, “Make haste to help me, O Lord of my salvation.” And that cry will always be answered.