Guiding Questions: Psalms 38

This is part of the Tanakh Yomi Project.

  1. Reading Psalms 38:2-9 what would one conclude as to the condition of the writer/speaker?
  2. To whom does he ascribe this condition?
  3. And, for what reason does he have this condition?
  4. Yet, does the description of the condition indicate an illness or an “illness of mind” which has afflicted the body?
  5. In spite of all the difficulties, what would Psalms 38:16 indicate as to the relationship to God?
  6. The concluding verse presupposes that, indeed, (a) the Tefillah has been answered — or (b) that there is hope that it may yet be answered?

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Perek Yomi materials originally produced by the USCJ and Dr. Morton K. Siegel.
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