Psalms 38:8
(38-9) I am benumbed and sore crushed; I groan by reason of the moaning of my heart.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
In Context
7(38-8) For my loins are filled with burning; and there is no soundness in my flesh.
9(38-10) Lord, all my desire is before Thee; and my sighing is not hid from Thee.
Cross References
Job 30:27Mine inwards boil, and rest not; days of affliction are come upon me.
Psalms 22:1(22-1) For the Leader; upon Aijeleth ha-Shahar. A Psalm of David. (22-2) My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me, and art far from my help at the words of my cry?
Isaiah 59:11We all growl like bears, and mourn sore like doves; we look for right, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off 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 →