Psalms 38:5
My wounds stink, they are corrupt, because of my foolishness.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
In Context
4For mine iniquities are gone over my head: as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
6I am depressed; I am bowed down beyond measure; I go mourning all the day.
Cross References
Psalms 32:3When I kept silence, my bones waxed old, through my groaning all the day long.
Psalms 40:13Be pleased, O Jehovah, to deliver me; Jehovah, make haste to my help.
Psalms 69:5Thou, O God, knowest my foolishness, and my trespasses are not hidden from thee.
Jeremiah 8:22Is there no balm in Gilead? is there no physician there? Why then is there no dressing applied for the healing of the daughter of my people?
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 →