Psalms 38:2
For thine arrows stick fast in me, And thy hand presseth me sore.
ASV Byzantine Text
In The King James Version
For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
In Context
1O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath; Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
Cross References
Ruth 1:13would ye therefore tarry till they were grown? would ye therefore stay from having husbands? nay, my daughters, for it grieveth me much for your sakes, for the hand of Jehovah is gone forth against me.
1 Samuel 5:11They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to its own place, that it slay us not, and our people. For there was a deadly discomfiture throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.
Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up: The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
Psalms 21:12For thou wilt make them turn their back; Thou wilt make ready with thy bowstrings against their face.
Psalms 39:10Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thy hand.
Lamentations 3:12He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
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 →