PSALM 38 SIN, AND SUFFERING, SUPPLICATION.

DAVID WAS SUFFERING GREAT PHYSICAL DISTRESS BECAUSE OF SOME SIN HE HAD COMMITTED 38:1-8). BOTH FRIENDS AND RELATIVES WERE KEEPING THEIR DISTANCE 38:11). RATHER THAN TRYING TO EXCUSE HIS SIN 38:13-14),DAVID CONFESSED IT AND CRIED OUT TO GOD FOR DELIVERANCE 38:9-10, 15-22 ). (PSALM 39 "REMOVE MY SICKNESS" I"M ONLY A SHADOW" HAVING TRIED IN VAIN TO KEEP SILENT ABOUT HIS SUFFERING 39:1-3), DAVID ASKED GOD TO IMPRESS UPON HIM BOTH THE BREVITY AND UNCERTAINTY OF HUMAN LIFE 39:4-9). FEELING THAT HE HAD SUFFERED ENOUGH FOR HIS SIN, HE ASKED GOD TO CEASE DISCIPLINING HIM, FOR HE WAS BUT A PILGRIM PASSING THROUGH THIS EARTH 39:10-13). MOSES, WRITING FIVE CENTURIES BEFORE DAVID, EXPRESSED SIMILAR THOUGHTS 90:12).(PSALM 40  >DOUBLE TROUBLE DEMANDS DOUBLE DELIVERANCE.  DAVID THANKED GOD FOR LIFTING HIM OUT OUT OF "THE PIT OF DESPAIR" SETTING HIM " ON SOLID GROUND" AND GIVING HIM "A NEW SONG" 40"1-3). HE PLEDGED HIMSELF TO SERVE AND SPEAK FOR GOD 40:4-10). RECOGNIZING,HOWEVER,THAT HIS SINS WERE " MORE NUMEROUS THAN THE HAIRS ON MY HEAD" 40:12), DAVID PRAYED ONCE MORE THAT GOD WOULD COME QUICKLY TO HIS AID 40:13-17). CHRIST SHARED DAVID'S DELIGHT IN DOING GOD'S WILL 40:6-8) ALSO SEE> HEB. 10:4-7).