King James Version
Psalms 38:2 in the King James Version says “For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 38 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.”
Psalms 38:2 · KJV
A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin. rest: Heb. peace, or, health
For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“For thine arrows”
H2671properly, a piercer, i.e., an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of god) thunder-bolt; the shaft of a spear
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“in me and thy hand”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
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