Friday, December 23, 2016

Psalm 38:5-6

My wounds fester and are loathsome because of my sinful folly. I am bowed down and brought very low; all day long I go about mourning. 

My wounds fester 
Psalm 38:11  My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds; my neighbors stay far away.
Psalm 147:3  He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

and are loathsome 
Job 19:17  "My breath is offensive to my wife; I am loathsome to my own family."

because of my sinful folly 
Psalm 69:5  You, God, know my folly; my guilt is not hidden from you.
Proverbs 5:23  For lack of discipline they will die, led astray by their own great folly.
Proverbs 12:23  The prudent keep their knowledge to themselves, but a fool's heart blurts out folly.
Proverbs 13:16  All who are prudent act with knowledge, but fools expose their folly.
Ecclesiastes 10:3  Even as fools walk along the road, they lack sense and show everyone how stupid they are.

I am bowed down 
Psalm 57:6  They spread a net for my feet--I was bowed down in distress. They dug a pit in my path--but they have fallen into it themselves.
Psalm 145:14  The LORD upholds all who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down.
Psalm 146:8  ... the LORD gives sight to the blind, the LORD lifts up those who are bowed down, the LORD loves the righteous.

all day long I go about mourning 
Psalm 35:14  I went about mourning as though for my friend or brother. I bowed my head in grief as though weeping for my mother.

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