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Psalms 38:3

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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

For mine iniquities are gone over mine head,.... Like an inundation of waters, as the waves and billows of the sea; for the waters to come up to the neck or chin shows great danger; but when they go…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

There is no soundness in my flesh - There is no sound place in my flesh; there is no part of my body that is free from disease. The word used here - מתם methôm - occurs only in Jdg 20:48, where it is…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 38:1-11

The title of this psalm is very observable; it is a psalm to bring to remembrance; the 70th psalm, which was likewise penned in a day of affliction, is so entitled. It is designed, 1. To bring to his…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

His own sin is the cause of the divine indignation which inflicts the chastisement; and while God's wrath assaults him from without, the fever of sin consumes him from within. With this verse and Psa…