Psalms 38:5
(38-6) My wounds are noisome, they fester, because of my foolishness.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
In Context
4(38-5) For mine iniquities are gone over my head; as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
6(38-7) I am bent and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day.
Cross References
Psalms 32:3When I kept silence, my bones wore away through my groaning all the day long.
Psalms 40:13(40-14) Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; O LORD, make haste to help me.
Psalms 69:5(69-6) O God, Thou knowest my folly; and my trespasses are not hid from Thee.
Jeremiah 8:22Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
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 →