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Psalms 38:2

For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 38:3.

כִּֽיkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…חִ֭צֶּיךָchitseykhaarrowחֵץnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “arrow”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2671properly, a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunderbolt; the shaft of aspear[phrase] archer, arrow, dart, shaft, staff, wound.נִ֣חֲתוּnichatvpress soreנָחַתverb, niphal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “press sore”, a completed actionH5181to sink, i.e. descend; causatively, to press or lead downbe broken, (cause to) come down, enter, go down, press sore, settle, stick fast.בִ֑יviinבִ֑יpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “in”inוַתִּנְחַ֖תvatinchatand press soreנָחַתconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and press sore”, the next action in the storyH5181to sink, i.e. descend; causatively, to press or lead downbe broken, (cause to) come down, enter, go down, press sore, settle, stick fast.עָלַ֣יalayaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…יָדֶֽךָyadekhahandיָדnoun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “hand”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, […

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(38-3) For Thine arrows are gone deep into me, and Thy hand is come down upon me.

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American Standard Version (1901)

For thine arrows stick fast in me, And thy hand presseth me sore.

Young’s Literal Translation

For Thine arrows have come down on me, And Thou lettest down upon me Thy hand.

World English Bible

For your arrows have pierced me, your hand presses hard on me.

Darby Translation

For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand cometh down upon me.

Douay-Rheims

I said: I will take heed to my ways: that I sin not with my tongue. I have set guard to my mouth, when the sinner stood against me.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(38-3) For Thine arrows are gone deep into me, and Thy hand is come down upon me.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

For thy weapons are fixed in me, and thou hast pressed thy hand heavily upon me.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὅτι τὰ βέλη σου ἐνεπάγησάν μοι, καὶ ἐπεστήριξας ἐπʼ ἐμὲ τὴν χεῖρά σου.