Psalms 38:5 · KJV
“My wounds stink {and} are corrupt because of my foolishness.”
— Psalms 38:5
For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. {troubled: Heb. wried}
Psalms 38 — Context
{There is} no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither {is there any} rest in my bones because of my sin. {rest: Heb. peace, or, health}
4For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
5My wounds stink {and} are corrupt because of my foolishness.
6I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. {troubled: Heb. wried}
7For my loins are filled with a loathsome {disease}: and {there is} no soundness in my flesh.
Cross References
Isaiah 1:5-6
Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. {revolt...: Heb. increase revolt}
Psalms 69:5
O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee. {sins: Heb. guiltiness}
Jeremiah 8:22
{Is there} no balm in Gilead; {is there} no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered? {recovered: Heb. gone up?}
Psalms 32:3
When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
Psalms 38:7
For my loins are filled with a loathsome {disease}: and {there is} no soundness in my flesh.