Psalms 38:8

And now what is my expectation? is it not the Lord? 1 And my ground of hope is with thee. Pause. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

In Context

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

9Deliver me from all my transgressions: 1 Thou hast made me a reproach to the foolish. 1

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Cross References

Job 30:27My belly boiled, and would not cease: 1 The days of poverty prevented me. 1

Psalms 22:1A Psalm of David. 1 The Lord tends me as a shepherd, 1 And I shall want nothing. 1

Isaiah 59:11They shall proceed together as a bear and as a dove: we have waited for judgment, and there is no salvation, it is gone 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 →

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