Psalm 38:5
Verse 5 of 22. The 38th of 150 chapters in Psalms, in Poetry and Wisdom.
1O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
2For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
3There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
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.
7For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.
8I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
9Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
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Psalm 38:5 in the World English Bible
My wounds are loathsome and corrupt because of my foolishness.Read Psalm 38:5 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Psalm 38:5
As wounds, dangerous wounds (v. 5): "My wounds stink and are corrupt (as wounds in the body rankle, and fester, and grow foul, for want of being dressed and looked after), and it is through my own foolishness." Sins are wounds (Gen. iv. 23), painful mortal wounds.
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King James Version. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.