Psalms 38:8
I am faint and severely bruised. I have groaned by reason of the anguish of my heart.
World English 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 waist is filled with burning. There is no soundness in my flesh.
9Lord, all my desire is before you. My groaning is not hidden from you.
Cross References
Job 30:27My heart is troubled, and doesn’t rest. Days of affliction have come on me.
Psalms 22:1My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning?
Isaiah 59:11We all roar like bears and moan sadly like doves. We look for justice, 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 →