Salmi 38:5

5 Le mie piaghe son fetide e purulenti per la mia follia.

Salmi 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.

Salmi 38:5 In-Context

3 Non v’è nulla d’intatto nella mia carne a cagion della tua ira; non v’è requie per le mie ossa a cagion del mio peccato.

4 Poiché le mie iniquità sorpassano il mio capo; son come un grave carico, troppo pesante per me.

5 Le mie piaghe son fetide e purulenti per la mia follia.

6 Io son tutto curvo e abbattuto, vo attorno tuttodì vestito a bruno.

7 Poiché i miei fianchi son pieni d’infiammazione, e non v’è nulla d’intatto nella mia carne.