My wounds ¹  are infected and starting to smell, ²  because of my foolish sins. ³ 

biblegateway Psa 38:5

My wounds grow foul and fester Because of my folly.

My wounds are foul and festering because of my foolishness.

My wounds smell rotten. They fester because of my stupidity.

biblegateway Psa 38:5

My wounds fester and are loathsome because of my sinful folly.

My wounds stink and fester because of my foolishness,

bibleoremus Psa 38:5

My wounds grow foul and fester because of my foolishness;

My wounds fester and stink because of my folly.

biblegateway Psa 38:5

My wounds are foul and festering Because of my foolishness.

My wounds stink [and] are corrupt because of my foolishness.

biblegateway Psa 38:5

My wounds ¹  are infected and starting to smell, ²  because of my foolish sins. ³ 

¹ sn The reference to wounds may be an extension of the metaphorical language of v. 2. The psalmist pictures himself as one whose flesh is ripped and torn by arrows.

² tn Heb “my wounds stink, they are festering” (cf. NEB).

³ tn Heb “from before my foolishness.”