Psalms 38:5
My wounds putrefy and are loathsome on account of my folly.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
In Context
4For my iniquities have gone over my head; Like a heavy burden, they are more than I can bear.
6I am bent; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
Cross References
Psalms 32:3While I kept silence, my bones were wasted, By reason of my groaning all the day long.
Psalms 40:13May it please thee, O LORD! to deliver me! O LORD! make haste to mine aid!
Psalms 69:5O God! thou knowest my offences, And my sins are not hidden from thee!
Jeremiah 8:22Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then are not the wounds of my people healed?
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 →