Psalm 38:5 - Psalms of David in Metre 1650 (Scottish Psalter)

⁵ My wounds do stink, and are corrupt; my folly makes it so.

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."

Psalm 38:5 Cross References

Psalm 69:5

Lord, thou my folly know'st, my sins not cover'd are from thee.

Psalm 38:7

For a disease that loathsome is so fills my loins with pain, That in my weak and weary flesh no soundness doth remain.

Psalm 32:3

When as I did refrain my speech, and silent was my tongue, My bones then waxed old, because I roared all day long.

Psalm 40:13

Be pleased, Lord, to rescue me; Lord, hasten to mine aid.

Psalm 65:4

Bless'd is the man whom thou dost chuse, and mak'st approach to thee, That he within thy courts, O Lord, may still a dweller be: We surely shall be satisfy'd with thy abundant grace, And with the goodness of thy house, ev'n of thy holy place.