Psalms 38:3
I was silenced and humbled, and I was quiet before good things, and my sorrow was renewed.
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In Context
4My heart grew hot within me, and, during my meditation, a fire would flare up.
Cross References
Job 2:7And so, Satan departed from the face of the Lord and he struck Job with a very serious ulcer from the sole of the foot all the way to the crown of his head.
Job 33:19Likewise, he rebukes by sorrow in bed, and he causes all of his bones to become weak.
Psalms 31:9Do not become like the horse and the mule, which have no understanding. Their jaws are constrained with bit and bridle, so as not to draw near to you.
Psalms 51:8The just will see and be afraid, and they will laugh over him, and say:
Psalms 102:3He forgives all your iniquities. He heals all your infirmities.
Isaiah 1:5For what reason shall I continue to strike you, as you increase transgressions? The entire head is feeble, and the entire heart is grieving.
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 →