Psalms 38:5

American Standard Version (1901)

My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, Because of my foolishness.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 32:3 : 3 When I kept silence, my bones wasted away Through my groaning all the day long.
  • Ps 38:7 : 7 For my loins are filled with burning; And there is no soundness in my flesh.
  • Ps 69:5 : 5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; And my sins are not hid from thee.
  • Isa 1:5-6 : 5 Why will ye be still stricken, that ye revolt more and more? the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. 6 From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; [but] wounds, and bruises, and fresh stripes: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with oil.
  • Jer 8:22 : 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?

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    2For thine arrows stick fast in me, And thy hand presseth me sore.

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    6I am pained and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

    7For my loins are filled with burning; And there is no soundness in my flesh.

    8I am faint and sore bruised: I have groaned 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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    21For my soul was grieved, And I was pricked in my heart:

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    5Why will ye be still stricken, that ye revolt more and more? the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

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