Psalms 38:5
I spoke with my tongue, “O Lord, make me know my end, and what the number of my days will be, so that I may know what is lacking to me.”
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
In Context
4My heart grew hot within me, and, during my meditation, a fire would flare up.
Cross References
Psalms 32:3Sing to him a new song. Sing psalms to him skillfully, with loud exclamation.
Psalms 40:13But you have sustained me, because of my innocence, and you have confirmed me in your sight in eternity.
Psalms 69:5Let all who seek you exult and rejoice in you, and let those who love your salvation forever say: “The Lord be magnified.”
Jeremiah 8:22Is there no balm in Gilead? Or is there no physician there? Then why has the wound of the daughter of my people not been closed?”
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 →