Psalms 38:6
(38-7) I am bent and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
In Context
5(38-6) My wounds are noisome, they fester, because of my foolishness.
7(38-8) For my loins are filled with burning; and there is no soundness in my flesh.
Cross References
Job 30:28I go mourning without the sun; I stand up in the assembly, and cry for help.
Psalms 31:10(31-11) For my life is spent in sorrow, and my years in sighing; my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are wasted away.
Psalms 42:5(42-6) Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why moanest thou within me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise Him for the salvation of His countenance.
Psalms 43:2For Thou art the God of my strength; why hast Thou cast me off? Why go I mourning under the oppression of the enemy?
Psalms 88:9(88-10) Mine eye languisheth by reason of affliction; I have called upon Thee, O LORD, every day, I have spread forth my hands unto Thee.
Psalms 145:14The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that are bowed down.
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 →