Psalms 38:2
(38-3) For Thine arrows are gone deep into me, and Thy hand is come down upon me.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
In Context
Cross References
Ruth 1:13would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye shut yourselves off for them and have no husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes, for the hand of the LORD 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 back 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 21:12(21-13) For thou shalt make them turn their back, thou shalt make ready with thy bowstrings against the face of them.
Psalms 39:10(39-11) Remove Thy stroke from off 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 →