Psalms Chapter 38 verse 5 Holy Bible
My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, Because of my foolishness.
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My wounds are poisoned and evil-smelling, because of my foolish behaviour.
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My wounds stink, they are corrupt, because of my foolishness.
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My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
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For my iniquities have gone over my head: as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
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My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, Because of my foolishness.
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Stunk -- become corrupt have my wounds, Because of my folly.
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Psalms 38 : 5 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 5. - My wounds stink and are corrupt. The writer reverts to his bodily pains. He has "wounds," which "stink" and "are corrupt;" or "fester and become noisome," which may be boils, or bed-sores, and which make him a loathsome object to others (comp. Job 9:19; Job 30:18). Because of my foolishness. Because I was so foolish as to forsake the way of righteousness, and allow sin to get the dominion over me.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(5) Wounds.--Better, stripes, as in LXX.Stink and are corrupt.--Both words denote suppuration; the first in reference to the offensive smell, the second of the discharge of matter; the whole passage recalls Isaiah 1:6, seq.Foolishness.--Men are generally even more loth to confess their folly than their sins.