Salmos 38:5

5 Mis llagas hieden y supuran. A causa de mi necedad,

Salmos 38:5 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 38:5

My wounds stink, [and] are corrupt
Meaning his sins, which had wounded him, and for which there is no healing but in a wounded Saviour, and by his stripes we are healed, ( Isaiah 53:5 ) ; where the same word is used as here; Christ's black and blue stripes and wounds, as the word signifies, are the healing of ours, both of sins, and of the effects of them; which, to a sensible sinner, are as nauseous and loathsome as an old wound that is festered and corrupt;

because of my foolishness:
as all sin arises from foolishness, which is bound in the hearts of men, and from whence it arises, ( Mark 7:22 ) ; perhaps the psalmist may have respect to his folly with Bathsheba, which had been the occasion of all the distress that is spoken of both before and afterwards.

Salmos 38:5 In-Context

3 Nada hay sano en mi carne a causa de tu indignación; en mis huesos no hay salud a causa de mi pecado.

4 Porque mis iniquidades han sobrepasado mi cabeza; como pesada carga, pesan mucho para mí.

5 Mis llagas hieden y supuran. A causa de mi necedad,

6 estoy encorvado y abatido en gran manera, y ando sombrío todo el día.

7 Porque mis lomos están inflamados de fiebre, y nada hay sano en mi carne.