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Psalms 38:2

For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.

KJV

Dixi : Custodiam vias meas : ut non delinquam in lingua mea. Posui ori meo custodiam, cum consisteret peccator adversum me.

Vulgate

Εἶπα Φυλάξω τὰς ὁδούς μου τοῦ μὴ ἁμαρτάνειν ἐν γλώσσῃ μου· ἐθέμην τῷ στόματί μου φυλακὴν ἐν τῷ συστῆναι τὸν ἁμαρτωλὸν ἐναντίον μου.

LXX

For thine arrows stick fast in me, And thy hand presseth me sore.

ASV

יְֽהוָ֗ה אַל בְּ/קֶצְפְּ/ךָ֥ תוֹכִיחֵ֑/נִי וּֽ/בַ/חֲמָתְ/ךָ֥ תְיַסְּרֵֽ/נִי

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
י
y
noun · 124×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
מוֹכִ֑יחַ
mvkych
verb · 59×
נִי
ny
verb · 43×
קֶ֣צֶף
qtsp
noun · 29×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 5:6 — But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof.
  • Deut 2:15 — For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.
  • Job 6:4 — For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
  • Job 6:4 — For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.
  • Job 19:21 — Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
  • Lam 3:4 — My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.
  • Lam 3:12 — He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
  • Lam 3:12 — He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
  • Prov 18:14 — The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
  • Ps 32:4 — For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
  • Ps 32:4 — For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
  • Ps 45:5 — Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.
  • Ruth 1:13 — Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me.