Psalms 38:6

Behold, thou hast made my days old; 1 And my existence is as nothing before thee: 1 Nay, every man living is altogether vanity. Pause. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

In Context

5O Lord, make me to know mine end, 1 And the number of my days, what it is; 1 That I may know what I lack. 1

7Surely man walks in a shadow; 1 Nay, he is disquieted in vain: 1 He lays up treasures, and knows not for whom he shall gather them. 1

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Cross References

Job 30:28I went mourning without restraint: 1 And I have stood and cried out in the assembly. 1

Psalms 31:10Many are the scourges of the sinner: 1 But him that hopes in the Lord mercy shall compass about. 1

Psalms 42:5Wherefore art thou very sad, O my soul? and wherefore dost thou trouble me? 1 Hope in God; for I will give thanks to him, 1 Who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

Psalms 43:2O God, we have heard with our ears, 1 Our fathers have told us, 1 The work which thou wroughtest in their days, in the days of old. 1

Psalms 88:9O Lord God of hosts, who is like to thee? 1 Thou art mighty, O Lord, and thy truth is round about thee. 1

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 →

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