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Salmos 38:3
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No hay sanidad en mi carne � causa de tu ira; Ni hay paz en mis huesos � causa de mi pecado.
No hay nada sano en mi carne a causa de tu ira; ni hay paz en mis huesos a causa de mi pecado.
No hay sanidad en mi carne a causa de tu ira; ni hay paz en mis huesos a causa de mi pecado.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
soundness: Psalms 31:9, 2 Chronicles 26:19, Job 2:7, Job 2:8, Job 33:19-22, Isaiah 1:5, Isaiah 1:6
neither: Psalms 6:2, Psalms 51:8, Psalms 102:3, Psalms 102:5
rest: Heb. peace, or, health
because: Psalms 51:8, Psalms 90:7, Psalms 90:8, Lamentations 3:40-42
Reciprocal: Leviticus 13:7 - General Leviticus 13:18 - a boil 1 Samuel 7:6 - We have sinned Job 19:20 - bone Psalms 32:3 - bones Psalms 35:10 - All Psalms 38:7 - no Psalms 39:10 - I am consumed Psalms 41:8 - An evil disease Psalms 77:2 - my Psalms 102:10 - Because Lamentations 4:8 - their skin
Gill's Notes on the Bible
[There is] no soundness in my flesh, because of thine anger,.... Such was the nature of the affliction the psalmist laboured under, and which he took to be an effect of the anger of God towards him, that the whole frame of nature was affected with it, and from the crown of the head to, the soles of the feet there was no health or soundness, as in Isaiah 1:6; where the same word is used as here; some think the word g here used has the signification of man; and that the sense is, that through, the violence of the distemper he had not so much, as the form of a man, as his antitype in Isaiah 52:14; and as this led him to a view of his sins, as the cause of his affliction, he was so far from thinking himself sound and whole, or perfect in a spiritual sense, that he saw he was all over diseased with sin, and that in his flesh dwelt no good thing;
neither [is there any] rest in my bones, because of my sin; or "peace" h there; sin breaks the believer's rest, and disturbs his peace; nor can he, in a view of it, find any rest in himself, nor in any creature, nor in any service or duty, only in Jesus Christ, his blood, righteousness, and sacrifice.
g אין מתם "non superest amplius ulla forma seu figura hominis", Amama; so Joseph Kimchi. h אין שלום "non (est) pax", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus, Tigurine version, Junius Tremellius, Piscator, Musculus, Cocceius, Gejerus, Michaelis so Ainsworth.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
There is no soundness in my flesh - There is no sound place in my flesh; there is no part of my body that is free from disease. The word used here - מתם methôm - occurs only in Judges 20:48, where it is rendered “men;” in Isaiah 1:6, and in this place, where it is rendered “soundness.” See the notes at Isaiah 1:6. It means that the body was wholly diseased; but what was the nature of the disease we are not informed. It would seem, however, that it was some cutaneous disease, or some disease that produced outward and loathsome eruptions that made his friends withdraw from him, Psalms 38:7, Psalms 38:11; compare Psalms 41:8.
Because of thine anger - That is, he regarded this as a punishment for sin; a specific manifestation of the divine displeasure on account of some particular offence or act of transgression. He does not refer, however, to the particular sin which he regarded as the cause of his sickness, and it is probable that this is just an instance of that state of mind, often morbid, in which we consider a particular calamity that comes upon us as a special proof of the divine displeasure. There are, undoubtedly, cases when sickness may be properly thus regarded; but it should be observed that, as this is not the universal rule in regard to sickness and other trials - as they come upon us under general laws, and because in sweeping over a community they often fall upon the righteous as well as the wicked, - we should not infer at once, when we are sick or otherwise afflicted, that it is for any “particular” sin, or that it is proof of any special displeasure of God against us. It is undoubtedly right to regard all affliction as having a close connection with sin, and to allow any calamity to suggest to us the idea of our depravity, for sin is the original cause of all the wretchedness and woe on earth; but under this general law we cannot always determine the “particular” reason why calamity comes on us. It may have other purposes and ends than that of being a specific punishment for our offences.
Neither is there any rest in my bones - Margin: “peace” or “health.” The Hebrew word means “peace.” The idea is, that there was no comfort; no rest. His bones were filled with constant pain. The flesh “and the bones” constitute the entire man; and the idea here is, that he was universally diseased. The disease pervaded every part of the body.
Because of my sin - Regarding his sin as the immediate cause of his suffering. In a general sense, as has been remarked above, it is not wrong to regard sin as the cause of all our misery, and we may allow our suffering to be, in some degree, a measure or gauge of the evil of sin. The error consists in our regarding a particular form of trial as the punishment of a particular sin. The effect in the case of tile psalmist was undoubtedly to bring to remembrance his sins; to impress his mind deeply with a sense of the evil of sin; to humble him at the recollection of guilt. This effect is not improper or undesirable, provided it does not lead us to the conclusion, often erroneous, that our affliction has come upon us on account of a particular transgression. That may be so indeed; but the idea that that is the universal rule in regard to affliction is one which we are not required to entertain. See the notes at Luke 13:1-5.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 38:3. No soundness in my flesh — This seems to refer to some disorder which so affected the muscles as to produce sores and ulcers; and so affected his bones as to leave him no peace nor rest. In short, he was completely and thoroughly diseased; and all this he attributes to his sin, either as being its natural consequence, or as being inflicted by the Lord as a punishment on its account.
