Psalms 38:8

Psalms 38:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
• New International Version (NIV)I am feeble and utterly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I am feeble and crushed; I groan because of the tumult of my heart.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I am feeble and severely broken; I groan because of the turmoil of my heart.

Context of Psalms 38:8

6I am depressed; I am bowed down beyond measure; I go mourning all the day. 7For my loins are full of burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh. I am faint and broken beyond measure; I roar by reason of the agitation of my heart. 9Lord, all my desire is before thee, and my sighing is not hid from thee. 10My heart throbbeth, my strength hath left me; and the light of mine eyes, it also is no more with me.

Psalms 38:8 word by word

נְפוּג֣וֹתִי וְנִדְכֵּ֣יתִי עַד־מְאֹ֑ד שָׁ֝אַ֗גְתִּי מִֽנַּהֲמַ֥ת לִבִּֽי׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Psalms 38:8

• Psalms 22:1My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [why art thou] far from my salvation, from the words of my groaning?
• Psalms 32:3When I kept silence, my bones waxed old, through my groaning all the day long.
• Job 3:24For my sighing cometh before my bread, and my groanings are poured out like the waters.
• Job 30:28I go about blackened, but not by the sun; I stand up, I cry in the congregation.
• Isaiah 59:11We roar all like bears, and mourn grievously like doves: we look for judgment, and there is none; for salvation, [but] it is far from us.

Commentaries on Psalms 38:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8I am feeble and sore broken - I am so exhausted with my disease that I feel as if on the brink of the grave, and unfit to appear before God; therefore "have I roared for the disquietness of my heart." That David describes a natural disease here cannot reasonably be doubted; but what that disease was, who shall attempt to say? However, this is evident, that whatever it was, he most deeply deplored the cause of it; and as he worthily lamented it, so he…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8I am feeble - The word used here means properly to be cold, or without warmth; and then, to be torpid or languid. Compare Genesis 45:26. Would not this be well represented by the idea of a “chill?” And sore broken - This word means to break in pieces; to beat small; to crush; and then it may be used to denote being broken in spirit, or crushed by pain and sorrow: Isaiah 57:15; Isaiah 53:5; Isaiah 19:10. I have roared - I have cried out on account of my…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-8The severity of God’s punishment brings anguish that affects every part of the psalmist’s being.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-85-8. The loathsomeness, corruption, and wasting torture of severe physical disease set forth his mental anguish [Psa 38:6]. It is possible some bodily disease was connected. The loins are the seat of strength. His exhaustion left him only the power to groan [Psa 38:9].Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 38:8

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Conviction
• Prayer

In the dictionaries

• Afar
• Arrow
• Deceit
• Fret
• Plague
• Bring
• Pentateuch
• Psalms, Book of
• Sick; Sickness

Commentaries on Psalms 38

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings