Psalms 38:7

Psalms 38:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.
• New International Version (NIV)My back is filled with searing pain; there is no health in my body.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For my sides are filled with burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For my loins are full of inflammation, And there is no soundness in my flesh.

Context of Psalms 38:7

5My wounds grow foul and fester Because of my folly. 6I am bent over and greatly bowed down; I go mourning all day long. For my loins are filled with burning, And there is no soundness in my flesh. 8I am benumbed and badly crushed; I groan because of the agitation of my heart. 9Lord, all my desire is before You; And my sighing is not hidden from You.

Psalms 38:7 word by word

כִּֽי־כְ֭סָלַי מָלְא֣וּ נִקְלֶ֑ה וְאֵ֥ין מְ֝תֹ֗ם בִּבְשָׂרִֽי׃Read the interlinear

• For my loinsכֶּ֫סֶלkesel · loinH3689
• are filledמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390
• burningקָלָהqâlâh · to roastH7033
• And thereאַ֫יִן'ayin · nothingH369
• soundnessמְתֹםmethôm · soundnessH4974
• in my fleshבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320

Cross-references for Psalms 38:7

• Psalms 41:8“A wicked thing is poured out upon him, That when he lies down, he will not rise up again.”
• 2 Chronicles 21:18So after all this the Lord smote him in his bowels with an incurable sickness.
• Job 7:5My flesh is clothed with worms and a crust of dirt, My skin hardens and runs.
• Job 30:18By a great force my garment is distorted; It binds me about as the collar of my coat.
• Isaiah 38:14Like a swallow, like a crane, so I twitter; I moan like a dove; My eyes look wistfully to the heights; O Lord, I am oppressed, be my security.

Commentaries on Psalms 38:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease - Or rather, a burning; נקלה nikleh, from קלה kalah, to fry, scorch, etc., hence נקלה nikleh, a burning, or strongly feverish disease. There is no soundness in my flesh - All without and all within bears evidence that the whole of my solids and fluids are corrupt.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7For my bones are filled with a loathsome disease - This would seem to indicate the seat of the disease, though not its nature. The word used here, according to Gesenius (Lexicon), properly denotes the internal muscles of the loins near the kidneys, to which the fat adheres. The word rendered “loathsome” - the word “disease” being supplied by our translators - is derived from קלה qâlâh a word which means to roast, to parch, as fruit, grain, etc.; and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-8The severity of God’s punishment brings anguish that affects every part of the psalmist’s being.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-85-8. The loathsomeness, corruption, and wasting torture of severe physical disease set forth his mental anguish [Psa 38:6]. It is possible some bodily disease was connected. The loins are the seat of strength. His exhaustion left him only the power to groan [Psa 38:9].Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 38:7

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Conviction
• Disease
• Prayer

In the dictionaries

• Afar
• Arrow
• Deceit
• Fret
• Plague
• Bring
• Disease; Diseases
• Loins
• Pentateuch
• Psalms, Book of

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