Psalms 38:2
I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: 1 I set a guard on my mouth, 1 While the sinner stood in my presence. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
In Context
1For the end, a Song of David, to Jeduthun. 1
3I was dumb, and humbled myself, and kept silence from good words; 1 And my grief was renewed. 1
Cross References
Ruth 1:13would ye wait for them till they should be grown? or would ye refrain from being married for their sakes? Not so, my daughters; for I am grieved for you, that the hand of the Lord has gone forth against me.
1 Samuel 5:11And they send and gather the lords of the Philistines, and they said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it lodge in its place; and let it not slay us and our people.
Job 6:4For the arrows of the Lord are in my body, 1 Whose violence drinks up my blood: 1 Whenever I am going to speak, they pierce me. 1
Psalms 21:12Stand not aloof from me; for affliction is near; 1 For there is no helper. 1
Psalms 39:10I have preached righteousness in the great congregation; 1 Lo! I will not refrain my lips; 1 O Lord, thou knowest my righteousness. 1
Lamentations 3:12He has bent his bow, 1 And set me as a mark for the arrow. 1
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 →