NET Bible
"For your arrows pierce me, and your hand presses me down."
— Psalms 38:2, NET Bible
“For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.”
“For thine arrows stick fast in me, And thy hand presseth me sore. ”
“For your arrows have pierced me, your hand presses hard on me.”
“I said: I will take heed to my ways: that I sin not with my tongue. I have set a guard to my mouth, when the sinner stood against me.”
“For your arrows have gone into my flesh, and I am crushed under the weight of your hand.”
“For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.”
A psalm of David, written to get God’s attention. O LORD, do not continue to rebuke me in your anger! Do not continue to punish me in your raging fury!
For your arrows pierce me, and your hand presses me down.
My whole body is sick because of your judgment; I am deprived of health because of my sin.
For my sins overwhelm me; like a heavy load, they are too much for me to bear.
My wounds are infected and starting to smell, because of my foolish sins.