God’s Word Translation
Psalms 38:6
6I am bent over and bowed down very low. All day I walk around in mourning.
Psalms 38:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
- New International Version (NIV)I am bowed down and brought very low; all day long I go about mourning.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; all the day I go about mourning.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I am troubled, I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
Context of Psalms 38:6
4My guilt has overwhelmed me. Like a heavy load, it is more than I can bear. 5My wounds smell rotten. They fester because of my stupidity. I am bent over and bowed down very low. All day I walk around in mourning. 7My insides are filled with burning pain, and no healthy spot is left on my body. 8I am numb and completely devastated. I roar because my heart’s in turmoil.
Read all of Psalms 38Psalms 38:6 word by word
נַעֲוֵ֣יתִי שַׁחֹ֣תִי עַד־מְאֹ֑ד כָּל־הַ֝יּ֗וֹם קֹדֵ֥ר הִלָּֽכְתִּי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 38:6
- Psalms 35:14I walked around as if I were mourning for my friend or my brother. I was bent over as if I were mourning for my mother.
- Psalms 42:5Why are you discouraged, my soul? Why are you so restless? Put your hope in God, because I will still praise him. He is my savior and my God.
- Psalms 57:6⌞My enemies⌟ spread out a net to catch me. (My soul is bowed down.) They dug a pit to trap me, but then they fell into it. Selah
- Psalms 145:14The Lord supports everyone who falls. He straightens ⌞the backs⌟ of those who are bent over.
- Psalms 6:6I am worn out from my groaning. My eyes flood my bed every night. I soak my couch with tears.
- Psalms 31:10My life is exhausted from sorrow, my years from groaning. My strength staggers under ⌞the weight of⌟ my guilt, and my bones waste away.
- Psalms 42:9I will ask God, my rock, “Why have you forgotten me? Why must I walk around in mourning while the enemy oppresses me?”
- Psalms 43:2You are my fortress, O God! Why have you rejected me? Why must I walk around in mourning while the enemy oppresses me?
- Psalms 88:9My eyes grow weak because of my suffering. All day long I call out to you, O Lord. I stretch out my hands to you ⌞in prayer⌟.
- Job 30:28I walk in the dark without the sun. I stand up in public and call for help.
- Isaiah 38:14I chirped like swallows and cranes. I cooed like doves. My eyes were tired from looking up to heaven. I’ve suffered miserably, O Lord! Please help me!
Commentaries on Psalms 38:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6I am troubled - In mind. I am bowed down in body. I am altogether afflicted, and full of distress.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6I am troubled - Margin, “wearied.” The Hebrew word means to bend, to curve; then, to be distorted, to writhe with pain, convulsions, and spasms. In Isaiah 21:3, the same word is rendered, “I was bowed down at the hearing of it;” that is, Sorrow so took hold of him, that at the intelligence he writhed with pain as a woman in travail. So here it means that he was bent, or bowed down, or that he writhed in pain as the result of his iniquities. I am bowed…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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