Psalms 38:5
My wounds stink and fester, for my foolishness I am tormented.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
In Context
4For that my guilt is gone over my head: it weighs like a burden too heavy for me.
6Bent and bowed am I utterly, all the day going in mourning.
Cross References
Psalms 32:3When I held my peace, my bones wore away with my endless groaning;
Psalms 40:13O Lord, be pleased to deliver me, haste to my help, O Lord.
Psalms 69:5O God, you know my folly, my guilt is not hidden from you.
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 →