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Psalms 38:5
Psalms 38:5 is verse 5 of Psalms chapter 38, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.
King James Version
My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
World English Bible
My wounds are loathsome and corrupt because of my foolishness.
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Psalms 38:3–7 · Berean Standard Bible
3 There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.
4 For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.
5 My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.
6 I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.
7 For my loins are full of burning pain, and no soundness remains in my body.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Psalms 38:7For my loins are full of burning pain, and no soundness remains in my body.
Psalms 32:3When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.
Isaiah 1:5Why do you want more beatings? Why do you keep rebelling? Your head has a massive wound, and your whole heart is afflicted.
Isaiah 1:6From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness— only wounds and welts and festering sores neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil.
Jeremiah 8:22Is there no balm in Gilead? Is no physician there? Why then has the health of the daughter of my people not been restored?