Psalms 38:6
I have been bent down, I have been bowed down — unto excess, All the day I have gone mourning.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
In Context
5Stunk — become corrupt have my wounds, Because of my folly.
7For my flanks have been full of drought, And soundness is not in my flesh.
Cross References
Job 30:28Mourning I have gone without the sun, I have risen, in an assembly I cry.
Psalms 31:10For my life hath been consumed in sorrow And my years in sighing. Feeble because of mine iniquity hath been my strength, And my bones have become old.
Psalms 42:5What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul? Yea, art thou troubled within me? Wait for God, for still I confess Him: The salvation of my countenance — My God!
Psalms 43:2For thou [art] the God of my strength. Why hast Thou cast me off? Why mourning do I go up and down, In the oppression of an enemy?
Psalms 88:9Mine eye hath grieved because of affliction, I called Thee, O Jehovah, all the day, I have spread out unto Thee my hands.
Psalms 145:14Jehovah is supporting all who are falling, And raising up all who are bowed down.
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 →