Psalm 38:5
“My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.”
KJV
Read in Psalm 38Meaning
Wounds are described as foul and festering because of folly, intensifying the embodied language of penitence.
Pain, discipline, and confession
Verses 1–8 describe overwhelming distress in penitential language, joining bodily pain and guilt without giving a universal formula that illness proves personal sin.
Read carefully
Wounds are described as foul and festering because of folly, intensifying the embodied language of penitence.
Reflection
Wounds are described as foul and festering because of folly, intensifying the embodied language of penitence.