Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Your arrows have pierced me, and your hand has come down on me. New Living Translation Your arrows have struck deep, and your blows are crushing me. English Standard Version For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has come down on me. Berean Standard Bible For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me. King James Bible For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. New King James Version For Your arrows pierce me deeply, And Your hand presses me down. New American Standard Bible For Your arrows have sunk deep into me, And Your hand has pressed down on me. NASB 1995 For Your arrows have sunk deep into me, And Your hand has pressed down on me. NASB 1977 For Thine arrows have sunk deep into me, And Thy hand has pressed down on me. Legacy Standard Bible For Your arrows have pressed deep into me, And Your hand has pressed down upon me. Amplified Bible For Your arrows have sunk into me and penetrate deeply, And Your hand has pressed down on me and greatly disciplined me. Christian Standard Bible For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has pressed down on me. Holman Christian Standard Bible For Your arrows have sunk into me, and Your hand has pressed down on me. American Standard Version For thine arrows stick fast in me, And thy hand presseth me sore. Contemporary English Version You shot me with your arrows, and you struck me with your hand. English Revised Version For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. GOD'S WORD® Translation Your arrows have struck me. Your hand has struck me hard. Good News Translation You have wounded me with your arrows; you have struck me down. International Standard Version because your arrows have sunk deep into me, and your hand has come down hard on me. Majority Standard Bible For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me. NET Bible For your arrows pierce me, and your hand presses me down. New Heart English Bible For your arrows have pierced me, your hand presses hard on me. Webster's Bible Translation For thy arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand falleth heavy upon me. World English Bible For your arrows have pierced me, your hand presses hard on me. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionFor Your arrows have come down on me, "" And You let down Your hand on me. Young's Literal Translation For Thine arrows have come down on me, And Thou lettest down upon me Thy hand. Smith's Literal Translation O Jehovah, thou wilt not reprove me in thy wrath, and thou wilt not correct me in thine anger. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleFor thy arrows are fastened in me : and thy hand hath been strong upon me. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible Your arrows have sunk deep in me; your hand has come down upon me. New Revised Standard Version For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has come down on me. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleFor thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand rests heavily upon me. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated For your arrows have stuck in me and your hand has pressed against me. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917For Thine arrows are gone deep into me, And Thy hand is come down upon me. Brenton Septuagint Translation For thy weapons are fixed in me, and thou hast pressed thy hand heavily upon me. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Do Not Rebuke Me in Your Anger1A Psalm of David, for remembrance. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath. 2For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me. 3There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.… Cross References Job 6:4 For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me. Lamentations 3:12-13 He bent His bow and set me as the target for His arrow. / He pierced my kidneys with His arrows. Deuteronomy 32:23 I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend My arrows against them. Job 16:12-14 I was at ease, but He shattered me; He seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has set me up as His target; / His archers surround me. He pierces my kidneys without mercy and spills my gall on the ground. / He breaks me with wound upon wound; He rushes me like a mighty warrior. Psalm 7:12-13 If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow. / He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire. Psalm 21:12 For You will put them to flight when Your bow is trained upon them. Psalm 45:5 Your arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s foes; the nations fall beneath your feet. Psalm 64:7 But God will shoot them with arrows; suddenly they will be wounded. Psalm 127:4 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are children born in one’s youth. Proverbs 7:23 until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird darting into a snare—not knowing it will cost him his life. Isaiah 5:28 Their arrows are sharpened, and all their bows are strung. The hooves of their horses are like flint; their chariot wheels are like a whirlwind. Isaiah 49:2 He made My mouth like a sharp sword; He hid Me in the shadow of His hand. He made Me like a polished arrow; He hid Me in His quiver. Jeremiah 50:9 For behold, I stir up and bring against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the land of the north. They will line up against her; from the north she will be captured. Their arrows will be like skilled warriors who do not return empty-handed. Habakkuk 3:11 Sun and moon stood still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear. Zechariah 9:14 Then the LORD will appear over them, and His arrow will go forth like lightning. The Lord GOD will sound the ram’s horn and advance in the whirlwinds of the south. Treasury of Scripture For your arrows stick fast in me, and your hand presses me sore. thine Psalm 21:12 Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them. Psalm 64:7 But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded. 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. thy hand Psalm 32:4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah. Psalm 39:10,11 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand… Deuteronomy 2:15 For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed. Jump to Previous Arrows Crushed Deep Falleth Fast Flesh Hand Hard Heavy Lettest Pierced Pressed Presses Presseth Sore Stick Sunk WeightJump to Next Arrows Crushed Deep Falleth Fast Flesh Hand Hard Heavy Lettest Pierced Pressed Presses Presseth Sore Stick Sunk WeightPsalm 38 1. David moves God to take compassion on his pitiful caseFor Your arrows The imagery of "arrows" in this verse is a powerful metaphor often used in the Psalms to describe the conviction or judgment of God. In the Hebrew text, the word for "arrows" (חִצֶּיךָ, "ḥiṣṣêḵā") can symbolize divine retribution or the penetrating truth of God's word. Historically, arrows were a common weapon in ancient warfare, representing precision and impact. In a spiritual sense, these arrows can be seen as the piercing awareness of sin and the need for repentance, reminding believers of the seriousness of God's holiness and justice. have pierced me deeply and Your hand has pressed down on me Stick fast.--Better, have sunk into, from a root meaning to descend. Presseth, in the next clause, is from the same verb. Translate, therefore, For thine arrows have fallen deep into me, And fallen upon me has thine hand. Verse 2. - For thine arrows stick fast in me. (On the "arrows" of the Almighty, see above, Psalm 7:13; and comp. Job 6:4; Psalm 18:14; Psalm 45:5; Psalm 64:7; Psalm 77:17, etc.) It has been maintained that by "God's arrows" only sickness is meant (Hitzig); but the contrary appears from Deuteronomy 32:23-25. Hengstenberg is right, "The arrows of the Almighty denote all the chastisements of sin depending on God." And thy hand presseth me sore. The verb used is the same in both clauses; but it is difficult to express both ideas by one term in English. Dr. Kay makes the attempt by translating, "For thine arrows have sunk deep in me; yea, thine hand sank heavily on me."Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Forכִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction Your arrows חִ֭צֶּיךָ (ḥiṣ·ṣe·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 2671: A piercer, an arrow, a wound, thunderbolt, the shaft of a, spear have pierced me deeply, נִ֣חֲתוּ (ni·ḥă·ṯū) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 5181: To sink, descend, to press, lead down and Your hand יָדֶֽךָ׃ (yā·ḏe·ḵā) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 3027: A hand has pressed down וַתִּנְחַ֖ת (wat·tin·ḥaṯ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 5181: To sink, descend, to press, lead down on me. עָלַ֣י (‘ā·lay) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against Links Psalm 38:2 NIVPsalm 38:2 NLT Psalm 38:2 ESV Psalm 38:2 NASB Psalm 38:2 KJV Psalm 38:2 BibleApps.com Psalm 38:2 Biblia Paralela Psalm 38:2 Chinese Bible Psalm 38:2 French Bible Psalm 38:2 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 38:2 For your arrows have pierced me your (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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