Psalms 38:5

I am troubled,.... Discomposed and perplexed in mind; his thoughts were disturbed and irregular, and in the utmost confusion and distress: this trouble was not only on account of the affliction that…

My wounds stink - The word rendered “wounds” here means properly the swelling or wales produced by stripes. See the notes at Isa 1:6; notes at Isa 53:5. The meaning here is, that he was under…

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…

My wounds Or stripes(bruises, Isa 1:6, A.V.): for he has been as it were scourged by God.

my foolishness Sin is essentially foolishness. Cp. Psa 107:17. The word occurs only once again in the Psalter…