Psalms 38:5
My woundes are putrified, and corrupt because of my foolishnes.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
In Context
4For mine iniquities are gone ouer mine head, and as a weightie burden they are too heauie for me.
6I am bowed, and crooked very sore: I goe mourning all the day.
Cross References
Psalms 32:3When I helde my tongue, my bones consumed, or when I roared all the day,
Psalms 40:13Let it please thee, O Lord, to deliuer mee: make haste, O Lord, to helpe me.
Psalms 69:5O God, thou knowest my foolishnesse, and my fautes are not hid from thee.
Jeremiah 8:22Is there no balme at Gilead? is there no Physition there? Why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recouered.
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 →