Psalms 38:2

Psalms · Old Testament · Chapter 38

“For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.”Psalms 38:2

What Does Psalms 38:2 Mean?

Psalms 38:2 is found in the book of Psalms, chapter 38, verse 2 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 19 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Cross-References (19)

These passages are connected to Psalms 38:2 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

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.”Psalms 32:4“For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.”Psalms 45:5“Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.”Lamentations 3:12“He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.”Ruth 1:13“Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me.”Proverbs 18:14“The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?”Lamentations 3:4“My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones.”Deuteronomy 2:15“For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed.”1 Samuel 5:6“But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof.”Job 19:21“Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.”1 Samuel 5:11“So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.”1 Samuel 6:9“And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Bethshemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us: it was a chance that happened to us.”Job 2:5“But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.”Job 30:17“My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.”Psalms 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.”Psalms 39:10“Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.”Psalms 64:7“But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded.”Acts 13:11“And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.”Romans 7:24“O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?”

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