Psalms 38:2

Psalms 38:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
• New International Version (NIV)Your arrows have pierced me, and your hand has come down on me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has come down on me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For Your arrows pierce me deeply, And Your hand presses me down.

Context of Psalms 38:2

1O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your wrath, Nor discipline me in Your burning anger. For Your arrows have sunk into me and penetrate deeply, And Your hand has pressed down on me and greatly disciplined me. 3There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your indignation; There is no health in my bones because of my sin. 4For my iniquities have gone over my head [like the waves of a flood]; As a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.

Psalms 38:2 word by word

כִּֽי־חִ֭צֶּיךָ נִ֣חֲתוּ בִ֑י וַתִּנְחַ֖ת עָלַ֣י יָדֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For thine arrowsחֵץchêts · arrowH2671
• stick fastנָחֵתnâchath · to descendH5181
• in me, and thy handיָדyâd · handH3027

Cross-references for Psalms 38:2

• Psalms 21:12For You will make them turn their backs [in defeat]; You will aim Your bowstring [of divine justice] at their faces.
• Psalms 64:7But God will shoot them with an [unexpected] arrow; Suddenly they will be wounded.
• Job 6:4Because the arrows of the Almighty are within me, My spirit drinks their poison; The terrors of God are arrayed against me.
• Lamentations 3:12He has bent His bow And set me as a target for the arrow.
• Psalms 32:4For day and night Your hand [of displeasure] was heavy upon me; My energy (vitality, strength) was drained away as with the burning heat of summer. Selah.
• Psalms 39:10Remove Your plague from me; I am wasting away because of the conflict and opposition of Your hand.
• Deuteronomy 2:15Moreover the hand of the Lord was against them, to destroy them from within the camp, until they were all dead.
• Ruth 1:13would you wait until they were grown? Would you go without marrying? No, my daughters; for it is much more difficult for me than for you, because the Lord’s hand has gone against me.”
• 1 Samuel 5:6Then the hand of the Lord was heavy on the people of Ashdod, and He caused them to be dumbfounded and struck them with tumors, both Ashdod and its territory.
• 1 Samuel 6:9But watch, if it goes up by the way of its own territory to Beth-shemesh, then [you will know that] He has done us this great evil. But if not, then we will know that it was not His hand that struck us; this disaster happened to us by chance.”

Commentaries on Psalms 38:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Thine arrows stick fast in me - This no doubt, refers to the acute pains which he endured; each appearing to his feeling as if an arrow were shot into his body.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2For thine arrows slick fast in me - See the notes at Job 6:4. The word rendered “stick fast” - נחת nâchath - means properly to go or come down; to descend; and the literal idea here would be, “thine arrows come down upon me.” It is not so much the idea of their “sticking fast” when in the wound or flesh; it is that they come down upon one, and pierce him. The meaning is, that he was afflicted “as if” God had wounded him with arrows - arrows which pierced…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-4The psalmist’s sins brought the Lord’s anger and rage. Because of this, the Lord disciplined and rebuked him, like arrows and blows striking him. As a result, his whole body is sick.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-221-4. He deprecates deserved punishment, which is described (Psa 6:1), under the figure of bodily disease [Psa 38:3].Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 38:2

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Arrow
• Conviction
• Remorse

In the dictionaries

• Afar
• Arrow
• Arrows
• Deceit
• Fret
• Plague
• Bring
• Pentateuch
• Psalms, Book of
• Sick; Sickness

Commentaries on Psalms 38

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings