Psalms 38:5
My wounds are of bad odour—they have festered, by reason of my folly:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
In Context
4For, mine iniquities, have passed over my head, Like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me:
6I am bent, I am bowed down very low. All the day, have I gloomily walked;
Cross References
Psalms 32:3When I kept silence, my bones became worn out, Through my groaning all the day;
Psalms 40:13Be pleased, O Yahweh, to rescue me, O Yahweh! to help me, make haste!
Psalms 69:5O God, thou, hast known my folly, And, my wrong-doings, from thee, have not been hid.
Jeremiah 8:22Balsam, is there none, in Gilead? Is there no physician, there? Why hath not appeared the healing of the daughter of my people?
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 →