The Meaning of Psalms 38:14 Explained

Psalms 38:14

KJV: Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

YLT: Yea, I am as a man who heareth not, And in his mouth are no reproofs.

Darby: Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

ASV: Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, And in whose mouth are no reproofs.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Thus I was as a man  that heareth  not, and in whose mouth  [are] no reproofs. 

What does Psalms 38:14 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalms 38:1-22 - The Cry Of The Needy Penitent
A long drawn-out sigh of pain. Some think it should be classed with Psalms 32:1-11; Psalms 51:1-19, as belonging to the time of David's fall and repentance. It is filled with a sense of God's judgments and the profound consciousness of sin. Perhaps David was suffering physically, or he may be describing his spiritual maladies in terms borrowed from that source. His friends stood apart and his enemies were near. But it was wise to refrain from man and to wait only on God. When we are buffeted and derided, the true attitude is our Lord's. As the dumb sheep before her shearers, He opened not His mouth!
In Psalms 38:15 the tone becomes calmer. The soul begins to recover its center of gravity in God. Notice the fourfold repetition of For, Psalms 38:15-18. Faith marshals her arguments. Out of "stony griefs" she builds "Bethels." Like Samson, she finds honey in the lion's carcass. But God will not forsake. He never for a moment withdraws His close attention. The Refiner sits by the crucible, and will cool down the heat the moment it has done its work. [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalms 38

1  David moves God to take compassion on his pitiful case

What do the individual words in Psalms 38:14 mean?

Thus I am like a man who not does hear and [is] no in whose mouth response
וָאֱהִ֗י כְּ֭אִישׁ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־ שֹׁמֵ֑עַ וְאֵ֥ין בְּ֝פִ֗יו תּוֹכָחֽוֹת

וָאֱהִ֗י  Thus  I  am 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, first person common singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
כְּ֭אִישׁ  like  a  man 
Parse: Preposition-k, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
שֹׁמֵ֑עַ  does  hear 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: שָׁמַע 
Sense: to hear, listen to, obey.
וְאֵ֥ין  and  [is]  no 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb
Root: אַיִן 
Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
בְּ֝פִ֗יו  in  whose  mouth 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: פֶּה  
Sense: mouth.
תּוֹכָחֽוֹת  response 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: תֹּוכֵחָה 
Sense: rebuke, correction, reproof, punishment, chastisement.

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