Psalm 38:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁵ My wounds grow foul and fester because of my foolishness;

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ My wounds stink and are corrupt Because of my foolishness.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ My wounds are loathsome and corrupt because of my foolishness.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, Because of my foolishness.

Common English Bible

⁵ My wounds reek; they are all infected because of my stupidity.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ I spoke with my tongue, "O Lord, make me know my end, and what the number of my days will be, so that I may know what is lacking to me."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ I spoke with my tongue: O Lord, make me know my end. And what is the number of my days: that I may know what is wanting to me.

Psalm 38:5 Cross References

Ezra 9:6

and said, “O my God, I am too ashamed and embarrassed to lift my face to you, my God, for our iniquities have risen higher than our heads, and our guilt has mounted up to the heavens.

Psalm 32:3

While I kept silent, my body wasted away through my groaning all day long.

Psalm 38:7

For my loins are filled with burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.

Psalm 40:13

Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me; O Lord, make haste to help me.

Psalm 65:4

Happy are those whom you choose and bring near to live in your courts. We shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house, your holy temple.

Psalm 69:5

O God, you know my folly; the wrongs I have done are not hidden from you.

Jeremiah 8:22

Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?