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Psalms 38:3

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

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Psalms 38:3. There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger;

He felt as if his very flesh was decaying, rotting, dissolving, and that there was no soundness in it. When God deals with men in a way of anger, they cannot stand against him any more than the wale can resist the heat of the furnace. Beware, I pray you, that you provoke not God’s eternal wrath in hell, for even here it is not to be borne; what will it be when mercy’s gate is closed? "There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger."

Psalms 38:3. Neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.

His very bones suffered through his sin. He could not rest, he turned over and over in his bed but he could not find a place soft enough to lie upon in peace. Sin will make any man’s bones ache when once his conscience is really quickened, and, with David, he will cry, "There is no rest in my bones because of my sin."

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