Psalms 38:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

My wounds are poisoned and evil-smelling, because of my foolish behaviour.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 32:3 : 3 When I kept my mouth shut, my bones were wasted, because of my crying all through the day.
  • Ps 38:7 : 7 For my body is full of burning; all my flesh is unhealthy.
  • Ps 69:5 : 5 O God, you see how foolish I am; and my wrongdoing is clear to you.
  • Isa 1:5-6 : 5 Why will you have more and more punishment? why keep on in your evil ways? Every head is tired and every heart is feeble. 6 The body, from head to foot, is all diseased; it is a mass of open wounds, marks of blows, and broken flesh: the flow of blood has not been stopped, and no oil has been put on the wounds.
  • Jer 8:22 : 22 Is there no life-giving oil in Gilead? is there no expert in medical arts? why then have my people not been made well?

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    2For your arrows have gone into my flesh, and I am crushed under the weight of your hand.

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    4For my crimes have gone over my head; they are like a great weight which is more than my strength.

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    6I am troubled, I am made low; I go weeping all the day.

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    8Make me free from all my sins; do not let me be shamed by the man of evil behaviour.

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    9Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; my eyes are wasted with grief, I am wasted in soul and body.

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    17My feet are near to falling, and my sorrow is ever before me.

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    21My heart was made bitter, and I was pained by the bite of grief:

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    5Why will you have more and more punishment? why keep on in your evil ways? Every head is tired and every heart is feeble.

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    19Sorrow is mine for I am wounded! my wound may not be made well; and I said, Cruel is my disease, I may not be free from it.

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    6Though I am right, still I am in pain; my wound may not be made well, though I have done no wrong.

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    4I said, Lord, have mercy on me; make my soul well, because my faith is in you.

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    20See, O Lord, for I am in trouble; the inmost parts of my body are deeply moved; my heart is turned in me; for I have been uncontrolled: outside the children are put to the sword, and in the house there is death.

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