Psalms 38:5
\38:4\For my crimes have gone over my head; they are like a great weight which is more than my strength.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
In Context
4\38:3\My flesh is wasted because of your wrath; and there is no peace in my bones because of my sin.
6\38:5\My wounds are poisoned and evil-smelling, because of my foolish behaviour.
Cross References
Psalms 32:3When I kept my mouth shut, my bones were wasted, because of my crying all through the day.
Psalms 40:13\40:12\For unnumbered evils are round about me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I am bent down with their weight; they are more than the hairs of my head, my strength is gone because of them.
Psalms 69:5\69:4\Those who have hate for me without cause are greater in number than the hairs of my head; those who are against me, falsely desiring my destruction, are very strong; I gave back what I had not taken away.
Jeremiah 8:22Is there no life-giving oil in Gilead? is there no expert in medical arts? why then have my people not been made well?
Matthew Henry on Psalms 38:2-12
Sorrowful Complaints. 1 O Lord , rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. 2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. 3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin. 4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. 5 My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness. 6 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. 7… Read the whole commentary →