🪔 Psalms 38

Psalms 38 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “Yahweh, don’t rebuke me in your wrath, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.” That is not a motto invented for a poster. It is the first sentence a family hears when this page is opened at night.

Keep going a little further. The chapter also says, “They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.” Psalms 38 opens with these words: “Yahweh, don’t rebuke me in your wrath, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.” The line to keep is Psalms 38:15: “For in you, Yahweh, do I hope. You will answer, Lord my God.” Carry the word “hope” from that verse into the rest of the day.

The line worth learning out loud is Psalms 38:15: “For in you, Yahweh, do I hope. You will answer, Lord my God.” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.

What happens first in Psalms 38? Then try this: Read “For in you, Yahweh, do I hope. You will answer, Lord my God.” once more. What does it show you about God? You do not have to finish every verse. You can close the book after the memory verse and still have read the Bible together.