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

1Lord, do not punish me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath. For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has pressed down on me. 3There is no soundness in my body because of your indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin. 4For my iniquities have flooded over my head; they are a burden too heavy for me to bear.

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 21:12Instead, you will put them to flight when you ready your bowstrings to shoot at them.
• Psalms 64:7But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly, they will be wounded.
• Job 6:4Surely the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks their poison. God’s terrors are arrayed against me.
• Lamentations 3:12He strung his bow and set me as the target for his arrow.
• Psalms 32:4For day and night your hand was heavy on me; my strength was drained as in the summer’s heat.Selah
• Psalms 39:10Remove your torment from me. Because of the force of your hand I am finished.
• Deuteronomy 2:15Indeed, the Lord’s hand was against them, to eliminate them from the camp until they had all perished.
• Ruth 1:13would you be willing to wait for them to grow up? Would you restrain yourselves from remarrying? No, my daughters, my life is much too bitter for you to share, because the Lord’s hand has turned against me.”
• 1 Samuel 5:6The Lord’s hand was heavy on the people of Ashdod. He terrified the people of Ashdod and its territory and afflicted them with tumors.
• 1 Samuel 6:9Then watch: If it goes up the road to its homeland toward Beth-shemesh, it is the Lord who has made this terrible trouble for us. However, if it doesn’t, we will know that it was not his hand that punished us — it was just something that 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