Psalms 38:2
For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
Context
This verse from Psalms Chapter 38 connects to 10 cross-references. A penitential lament of David describing severe physical and social suffering as divine punishment for sin. He acknowledges guilt, confesses iniquity, and describes abandonment by friends and relatives while adversaries scheme. Counted among the seven penitential psalms, it ends with …
Other Translations
For thine arrows stick fast in me, And thy hand presseth me sore.
For Thine arrows have come down on me, And Thou lettest down upon me Thy hand.
For your arrows have gone into my flesh, and I am crushed under the weight of your hand.
Cross References
He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.
For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God …
And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Beth–shemesh, then he hath done us …
So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the …
But the hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with …
But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.
When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely …
Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the …