Psalms 38:3
1 O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
2 For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.
There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.
4 For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.
5 My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.
- KJV
- There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
- WEB
- There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation, neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.
- ASV
- There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine indignation; Neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.
- DARBY
- There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine indignation; no peace in my bones, because of my sin.
- BLB
- No soundness [is] in my flesh before the face of Your anger; no peace [is] in my bones before the face of my sin.
- ÅB
- Det er ikke noe friskt i kroppen min på grunn av din harme,
ingen fred i beinene mine på grunn av synden min. - OTB
- Det er ingen frisk del i mitt kjøtt på grunn av din indignasjon;
Det er ingen helse i mine ben på grunn av min synd. - B1930
- Det er intet friskt i mitt kjød for din vredes skyld, det er ingen fred i mine ben for min synds skyld.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 6:2
Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in agony.
Read in contextPsalms 51:8
Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice.
Read in contextPsalms 31:9–10
Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well.
Read in contextIsaiah 1:5–6
Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.
Read in contextLamentations 3:40–42
Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD.
Read in contextPsalms 102:3
For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.
Read in contextJob 33:19–22
A man is also chastened on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones,
Read in contextPsalms 102:5
Through my loud groaning my flesh clings to my bones.
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