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Psalms 38:5 — King James Version← Study notes

My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.


Psalms 38:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 38:58 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּ֣יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
עֲ֭וֺנֹתַ/יʿăwōnōtay
iniquities mynounH5771
iniquity · mischeif · punishment · sin
עָבְר֣וּʿābərw
they have passed oververbH5674
alter · at all · beyond · bring (over ···
רֹאשִׁ֑/יrōʾšiy
head mynounH7218
beginning · captain · chapiter · chief(-est place ···
כְּ/מַשָּׂ֥אkəmaśāʾ
like a burdenpronH4853
carry away · prophecy · they set · song ···
כָ֝בֵ֗דkābēd
heavyadjH3515
grievous · hard · heavy · laden ···
יִכְבְּד֥וּyikəbədw
they are too heavyverbH3513
more grievously afflict · boast · be chargeable · be dim ···
מִמֶּֽ/נִּיmimeniy
for mepronH4480
after · among · at · because of ···
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 38:5

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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