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 are infected and starting to smell, because of my foolish sins. 6I am dazed and completely humiliated; all day long I walk around mourning. For I am overcome with shame and my whole body is sick. 8I am numb with pain and severely battered; I groan loudly because of the anxiety I feel. 9O Lord, you understand my heart’s desire; my groaning is not hidden from you.

Psalms 38:7 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• For my loinsכֶּ֫סֶלkesel · loinH3689
• are filledמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390
• with a loathsomeקָלָהqâlâh · to roastH7033
• no soundnessמְתֹםmethôm · soundnessH4974
• in my fleshבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320

Cross-references for Psalms 38:7

• Psalms 41:8They say, ‘An awful disease overwhelms him, and now that he is bed-ridden he will never recover.’
• 2 Chronicles 21:18After all this happened, the Lord afflicted him with an incurable intestinal disease.
• Job 7:5My body is clothed with worms and dirty scabs; my skin is broken and festering.
• Job 30:18With great power God grasps my clothing; he binds me like the collar of my tunic.
• Isaiah 38:14Like a swallow or a thrush I chirp, I coo like a dove; my eyes grow tired from looking up to the sky. O sovereign master, I am oppressed; help me!

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