Psalms 38:8
I am weakened and bruised exceedingly; I roar by reason of the disquietude of my heart.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
In Context
7For my loins are full of burning heat, And there is no soundness in my flesh.
9O Lord! thou knowest all my desire, And my groaning is not hidden from thee!
Cross References
Job 30:27My bowels boil, and have no rest; Days of anguish have come upon me.
Psalms 22:1“For the leader of the music. To the tune of “The hind of the morning.” A psalm of David.” My God, my God! why hast thou forsaken me? Why so far from mine aid, and from the words of my cry?
Isaiah 59:11We groan, all of us, like bears, And like doves we make a continued moan; We look for judgment, and it cometh not; 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 →