🎵WEB · Psalms 38:5
What does Psalms 38:5 mean?
"My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, because of my foolishness."
— Psalms 38:5 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
For your arrows have pierced me, your hand presses hard on me.
There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation, neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.
For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, because of my foolishness.
I am pained and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all day long.
For my waist is filled with burning. There is no soundness in my flesh.
I am faint and severely bruised. I have groaned by reason of the anguish of my heart.
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