Psalms 38:5

My wounds ¹  are infected and starting to smell, ²  because of my foolish sins. ³ 

biblegateway Psa 38:5

My wounds fester and are loathsome because of my sinful folly.

biblegateway Psa 38:5

My wounds grow foul and fester Because of my folly.

biblegateway Psa 38:5

My wounds fester and stink because of my foolish sins.

biblegateway Psa 38:5

The cuts in my flesh stink and grow maggots because I've lived so badly.

SABDAweb Psa 38:5

My wounds are poisoned and evil-smelling, because of my foolish behaviour.

bibleoremus Psa 38:5

My wounds grow foul and fester because of my foolishness;

biblegateway Psa 38:5

My wounds are foul and festering Because of my foolishness.

biblegateway Psa 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.”