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Psalms 38:5 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness. "
Psalms 38:5
Verse in Context
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3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy
5 My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
6 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day
7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.
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Psalms 38:1
"O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure."
Psalms 38:2
"For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore."
Psalms 38:3
"There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin."
Psalms 38:4
"For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy"
Psalms 38:6
"I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day"
Psalms 38:7
"For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh."
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