Psalms

Psalm 38:5–7

⁵My wounds are foul and festering

because of my sinful folly.

⁶I am bent and brought low;

all day long I go about mourning.

⁷For my loins are full of burning pain,

and no soundness remains in my body.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
My wounds	חַבּוּרֹתָ֑י	ḥab·bū·rō·ṯāy	Noun - feminine plural construct; first person common singular	H2250 stripe, blow
are foul	הִבְאִ֣ישׁוּ	hiḇ·’î·šū	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural	H887 be evil, bad
and festering	נָ֭מַקּוּ	nā·maq·qū	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural	H4743 decay, rot, fester
because of	מִ֝פְּנֵ֗י	mip·pə·nê	Preposition-m; Noun - common plural construct	H6440 face, before
my sinful folly	אִוַּלְתִּֽי׃	’iw·wal·tî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H200 folly

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I am bent	נַעֲוֵ֣יתִי	na·‘ă·wê·ṯî	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common singular	H5753 bend, twist
and brought low	שַׁחֹ֣תִי	ša·ḥō·ṯî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H7817 bow, be bowed down, crouch
all day long	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
I go about	הִלָּֽכְתִּי׃	hil·lā·ḵə·tî	Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular	H1980 go, come, walk
mourning	קֹדֵ֥ר	qō·ḏêr	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H6937 be dark

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
my loins	כְ֭סָלַי	ḵə·sā·lay	Noun - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H3689 loins
are full of	מָלְא֣וּ	mā·lə·’ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H4390 be full, fill
burning pain	נִקְלֶ֑ה	niq·leh	Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular	H7033 roast, parch
and no	וְאֵ֥ין	wə·’ên	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
soundness	מְ֝תֹ֗ם	mə·ṯōm	Noun - masculine singular	H4974 soundness
in my body	בִּבְשָׂרִֽי׃	biḇ·śā·rî	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H1320 flesh

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 38:5 Isaiah 1:5–6 · Psalm 69:5 · Jeremiah 8:22

Psalm 38:6 Job 30:28 · Psalm 35:14 · Psalm 42:9 · Psalm 31:10 · Psalm 43:2 · Psalm 145:14 · Psalm 42:5

Psalm 38:7 Psalm 102:3 · 2 Chronicles 21:18–19

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.