Psalms 38:8
For my loins are filled with illusions; and there is no health in my flesh.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
In Context
7I am become miserable, and am bowed down even to the end : I walked sorrowful all the day long.
9I am afflicted and humbled exceedingly : I roared with the groaning of my heart.
Cross References
Job 30:27My inner parts have boiled without any rest, the days of affliction have prevented me.
Psalms 22:1Unto the end, for the morning protection, a psalm for David.
Isaiah 59:11We shall roar all of us like bears, and shall lament as mournful doves. We have looked for judgment, and there is none: for salvation, and 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 →