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Psalms 38:3 — King James Version← Study notes

There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.


Psalms 38:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 38:37 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
חִ֭צֶּי/ךָḥiṣeykā
arrows yournounH2671
archer · dart · shaft · staff ···
נִ֣חֲתוּniḥătw
they have penetratedverbH5181
come down · enter · go down · press sore ···
בִ֑/יbiy
pron
וַ/תִּנְחַ֖תwatinəḥat
and it has come downconjH5181
come down · enter · go down · press sore ···
עָלַ֣/יʿālay
on mepronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
יָדֶֽ/ךָyādekā
hand yournounH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 38:3

A psalm to David himself, on the remembrance of the Sabbath. 1. What does this recollection of the Sabbath mean? What is this Sabbath? For it is with groaning that he “calls it to recollection.” You have both heard already when the Psalm was read, and you will now hear it when we shall go over it, how great is his groaning, his mourning, his tears, his misery. But happy he who is wretched after this manner! Whence the Lord also in the Gospel Matthew 5:4 called some who mourn…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 38 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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