Psalms 38:8
I am faint and broken beyond measure; I roar by reason of the agitation of my heart.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
In Context
7For my loins are full of burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.
9Lord, all my desire is before thee, and my sighing is not hid from thee.
Cross References
Job 30:27My bowels well up, and rest not; days of affliction have confronted me.
Psalms 22:1{To the chief Musician. Upon Aijeleth-Shahar. A Psalm of David.} My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [why art thou] far from my salvation, from the words of my groaning?
Isaiah 59:11We roar all like bears, and mourn grievously like doves: we look for judgment, and there is none; for salvation, [but] it is far from us.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 38:2-12
Sorrowful Complaints. 1 O Lord , rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. 2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. 3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin. 4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. 5 My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness. 6 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. 7… Read the whole commentary →