Psaume 38:5

5 Mes plaies sont infectes et purulentes, Par l'effet de ma folie.

Psaume 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.

Psaume 38:5 In-Context

3 Il n'y a rien de sain dans ma chair à cause de ta colère, Il n'y a plus de vigueur dans mes os à cause de mon péché.

4 Car mes iniquités s'élèvent au-dessus de ma tête; Comme un lourd fardeau, elles sont trop pesantes pour moi.

5 Mes plaies sont infectes et purulentes, Par l'effet de ma folie.

6 Je suis courbé, abattu au dernier point; Tout le jour je marche dans la tristesse.

7 Car un mal brûlant dévore mes entrailles, Et il n'y a rien de sain dans ma chair.