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Psalm 38

Psa. 38:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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There is no soundness
mthom (Hebrew #4974)
wholesomeness; also (adverb) completely
KJV usage: men (by reading 4962), soundness.
Pronounce: meth-ohm'
Origin: from 8552
in my flesh
basar (Hebrew #1320)
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphem.) the pudenda of a man
KJV usage: body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-)kind, + nakedness, self, skin.
Pronounce: baw-sawr'
Origin: from 1319
because
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
of thine anger
za`am (Hebrew #2195)
strictly froth at the mouth, i.e. (figuratively) fury (especially of God's displeasure with sin)
KJV usage: angry, indignation, rage.
Pronounce: zah'-am
Origin: from 2194
; neither is there any φrest
shalowm (Hebrew #7965)
from 7999; safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace
KJV usage: X do, familiar, X fare, favour, + friend, X great, (good) health, (X perfect, such as be at) peace(-able, -ably), prosper(-ity, -ous), rest, safe(-ty), salute, welfare, (X all is, be) well, X wholly.
Pronounce: shaw-lome'
Origin: or shalom {shaw-lome'}
in my bones
`etsem (Hebrew #6106)
a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. (as pron.) selfsame
KJV usage: body, bone, X life, (self-)same, strength, X very.
Pronounce: eh'tsem
Origin: from 6105
z because
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
of my sin
chatta'ah (Hebrew #2403)
from 2398; an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
KJV usage: punishment (of sin), purifying(-fication for sin), sin(-ner, offering).
Pronounce: khat-taw-aw'
Origin: or chattacth {khat-tawth'}
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φ
peace, or, health.
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Psa. 51:8• 8Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. (Psa. 51:8)

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Flesh,
Rest,
Sin

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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soundness.
Psa. 31:9• 9Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly. (Psa. 31:9)
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2 Chron. 26:19• 19Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the Lord, from beside the incense altar. (2 Chron. 26:19)
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Job 2:7‑8• 7So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
 8And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes. (Job 2:7‑8)
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Job 33:19‑22• 19He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:
 20So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat.
 21His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.
 22Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers. (Job 33:19‑22)
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Isa. 1:5‑6• 5Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
 6From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment. (Isa. 1:5‑6)
neither.
Psa. 6:2• 2Have mercy upon me, O Lord; for I am weak: O Lord, heal me; for my bones are vexed. (Psa. 6:2)
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Psa. 51:8• 8Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. (Psa. 51:8)
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Psa. 102:3,5• 3For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth.
 5By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin. (Psa. 102:3,5)
rest.
Heb. peace, or, health.
because.
Psa. 51:8• 8Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. (Psa. 51:8)
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Psa. 90:7‑8• 7For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
 8Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. (Psa. 90:7‑8)
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Lam. 3:40‑42• 40Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord.
 41Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
 42We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned. (Lam. 3:40‑42)
• The heart attributes it all to sin, but first of all looks to Jehovah and His hand. It is that shows faith and a right mind. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 37-39” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine indignationd; no peace in my bones, because of my sin.

JND Translation Notes

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"Punitive anger against evil." the same word is in Ps. 69.24; 78.49; 102,10.