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Psalms 38:8
8The pain has made me tired and weak. I am so upset that I cry aloud.
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
6My body is bent down to the ground. Every day I weep because I am so sad. 7My body is hot with fever. I am very ill. The pain has made me tired and weak. I am so upset that I cry aloud. 9My Lord, you already know what I want most. You hear me when I cry with pain. 10My heart beats very fast, and my strength is leaving me. Even my eyes can no longer see properly.
Read all of Psalms 38Psalms 38:8 word by word
נְפוּג֣וֹתִי וְנִדְכֵּ֣יתִי עַד־מְאֹ֑ד שָׁ֝אַ֗גְתִּי מִֽנַּהֲמַ֥ת לִבִּֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 38:8
- Psalms 22:1My God! My God, why have you left me alone? Why is my help far away? I am crying out in great pain!
- Psalms 32:3When I said nothing to God about my sin, my whole body became weak. I cried all the time because of the pain.
- Job 3:24I am crying instead of eating. My tears pour out like a river of water.
- Job 30:28Illness has caused my skin to become black. It is not the sun that has made that happen. I stand up in the public meeting place and I call aloud for help.
- Isaiah 59:11We all make a noise, like hungry bears. We make sad noises, like doves. We are waiting for God to bring justice to us, but nothing is happening. We look for his salvation, but it is still far away.
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
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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
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