Psalm 38:7

Translations

Modern

For my loins are full of burning pain, and no soundness remains in my body.

Traditional

For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.

Literal

For my loins are full of burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.

Latin

Quoniam lumbi mei impleti sunt illusionibus, et non est sanitas in carne mea.

Original

Hebrew

English

For my loins are full of burning pain, and no soundness remains in my body.

Notes

Psalms 38:5–8

The severity of God’s punishment brings anguish that affects every part of the psalmist’s being.

Psalms 38:1–17

These verses introduce the psalmist's confession (Psalm 38:18) and describe his miserable state.

Psalms 38:1–22

This psalm is a lament and a prayer for healing. The psalmist's suffering is linked to his unconfessed sin. He admits his sin and trusts the Lord with his situation.

Theme notes and profiles

David Complaints God’s Anger

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Psalm 102:3
For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.
2 Chronicles 21:18–19
After all this, the LORD afflicted Jehoram with an incurable disease of the bowels.
Job 30:18
With great force He grasps my garment; He seizes me by the collar of my tunic.
Acts 12:23
Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.
Psalm 41:8
“A vile disease has been poured into him; he will never get up from where he lies!”
Job 7:5
My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.

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