My wounds stink - The word translated "wounds" here properly means the swelling or welts produced by stripes. See the notes on Isai…

Wounds. —Better, stripes, as in the Septuagint.

Stink and are corrupt. —Both words denote suppurat…

For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me. My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolis…

My wounds have become putrid. In this verse, he pleads the long continuation of his disease as an argument for obtaining some alleviation.…

My wounds stink, [and] are corrupt
Meaning his sins, which had wounded him, and for which there is no healing but in…

Nothing will trouble the heart of a good person as much as the sense of God's anger. The way to keep the heart quiet is to keep ourselves in the lo…

1. Previously, the psalmist pleaded for divine help: judge, O Lord, those who wrong me (Psalms 34:1). He showe…