God’s Word Translation
Psalms 38:3
3No healthy spot is left on my body because of your rage. There is no peace in my bones because of my sin.
Psalms 38:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
- New International Version (NIV)Because of your wrath there is no health in my body; there is no soundness in my bones because of my sin.
- English Standard Version (ESV)There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin.
- New King James Version (NKJV)There is no soundness in my flesh Because of Your anger, Nor any health in my bones Because of my sin.
Context of Psalms 38:3
1O Lord, do not angrily punish me or discipline me in your wrath. 2Your arrows have struck me. Your hand has struck me hard. No healthy spot is left on my body because of your rage. There is no peace in my bones because of my sin. 4My guilt has overwhelmed me. Like a heavy load, it is more than I can bear. 5My wounds smell rotten. They fester because of my stupidity.
Read all of Psalms 38Psalms 38:3 word by word
אֵין־מְתֹ֣ם בִּ֭בְשָׂרִי מִפְּנֵ֣י זַעְמֶ֑ךָ אֵין־שָׁל֥וֹם בַּ֝עֲצָמַ֗י מִפְּנֵ֥י חַטָּאתִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 38:3
- Psalms 31:9Have pity on me, O Lord, because I am in distress. My eyes, my soul, and my body waste away from grief.
- 2 Chronicles 26:19Uzziah, who held an incense burner in his hand, became angry. While he was angry with the priests, a skin disease broke out on his forehead. This happened in front of the priests in the Lord’s temple as Uzziah was at the incense altar.
- Job 2:7Satan left the Lord’s presence and struck Job with painful boils from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.
- Job 33:19In pain on their sickbeds, they are disciplined with endless aching in their bones
- Isaiah 1:5“Why do you still want to be beaten? Why do you continue to rebel? Your whole head is infected. Your whole heart is failing.
- Psalms 6:2Have pity on me, O Lord, because I am weak. Heal me, O Lord, because my bones shake with terror.
- Psalms 51:8Let me hear ⌞sounds of⌟ joy and gladness. Let the bones that you have broken dance.
- Psalms 102:3My days disappear like smoke. My bones burn like hot coals.
- Psalms 90:7Indeed, your anger consumes us. Your rage terrifies us.
- Lamentations 3:40Let us look closely at our ways and examine them and then return to the Lord.
Commentaries on Psalms 38:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3No soundness in my flesh - This seems to refer to some disorder which so affected the muscles as to produce sores and ulcers; and so affected his bones as to leave him no peace nor rest. In short, he was completely and thoroughtly diseased; and all this he attributes to his sin, either as being its natural consequence, or as being inflicted by the Lord as a punishment on its account.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3There 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 Judges 20:48, where it is rendered “men;” in Isaiah 1:6, and in this place, where it is rendered “soundness.” See the notes at Isaiah 1:6. It means that the body was wholly diseased; but what was the nature of the disease we are not informed. It would seem, however, that it was…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3Sin can lead to sickness and even death (1 Corinthians 11:30). The psalmist may have felt physically ill, or his sickness was a metaphor for emotional distress. He understood it came from God and endangered his life (see Psalms 32:3; 39:10).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
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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
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