Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship ‎#105

105. Psalm 38

1. In your wrath and hot displeasure,
Chasten not your servant, Lord;
Let your mercy, without measure,
Help and peace to me afford.
Heavy is my tribulation,
Sore my punishment has been;
Broken by your indignation,
I am troubled by my sin.

2. With my burden of transgression,
Heavy laden, overborne,
Humbled low I make confession,
For my folly now I mourn.
Weak and wounded, I implore you;
Lord, to me your mercy show;
All my pray'r is now before you,
All my trouble well you know.

3. Darkness gathers, foes assail me,
But I answer not a word;
All my friends desert and fail me,
Only Thou my cry hast heard.
Lord, in you am I confiding;
You will answer when I call,
Lest my foes, the good deriding,
Triumph in your servant's fall.

4. I am prone to halt and stumble;
Grief and sorrow dwell within;
Shame and guilt my spirit humble,
I am sorry for my sin.
Lord, my God, do not forsake me,
Let me know that you are near;
Under your protection take me;
As my Savior now appear.

Text Information

• First Line: In your wrath and hot displeasure
• Title: Psalm 38
• Meter: 8.7.8.7 D
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2024
• Scripture:
  Psalm 38
• Topic: Lent: Penitential Psalms
• Notes: Versified in The New Metrical Version of the Psalms (1909), alt.

Tune Information

• Name: NEW PSALM 38
• Composer: Gregory D. Wilbur (2020)
• Meter: 8.7.8.7 D
• Incipit: 51111 7124
• Key: d minor or modal
• Copyright: ©2020 Gregory D. Wilbur
• Notes: Tune NEW PSALM 38 by Presbyterian composer Gregory D. Wilbur, based on an air from the Skene Manuscript (ca. 1630) in the National Library of Scotland, from Grace Music’s New Psalter (2020).