Psalms 38:5 meaning and explanation
My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.
Psalms 38:5, Berean Standard Bible
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In this psalm David speaks to God from a body and spirit worn down by suffering, and he links his sickness to his own sin. The wounds he describes are literally infected sores, and he traces them to his sinful folly, a moral foolishness rather than mere ignorance.
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