38:5 My wounds 1 are infected and starting to smell, 2
because of my foolish sins. 3
1 sn The reference to wounds may be an extension of the metaphorical language of v. 2. The psalmist pictures himself as one whose flesh is ripped and torn by arrows.
2 tn Heb “my wounds stink, they are festering” (cf. NEB).
3 tn Heb “from before my foolishness.”