Psalms 38:6

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

4For my guilty deeds have gone over my head; Like a heavy burden they weigh too much for me. 5My wounds grow foul and fester Because of my foolishness. I am bent over and greatly bowed down; I go in mourning all day long. 7For my sides are filled with burning, And there is no healthy part in my flesh. 8I feel faint and badly crushed; I groan because of the agitation of my heart.

Psalms 38:6 word by word

נַעֲוֵ֣יתִי שַׁחֹ֣תִי עַד־מְאֹ֑ד כָּל־הַ֝יּ֗וֹם קֹדֵ֥ר הִלָּֽכְתִּי׃Read the interlinear

• I am bentעָוָה‛âvâh · to twistH5753
• greatlyמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966
• bowedשָׁחַחshâchach · to bowH7817
• goהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• in mourningקָדַרqâdar · be darkH6937
• allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117

Cross-references for Psalms 38:6

• Psalms 35:14I went about as though it were my friend or brother; I bowed down in mourning, like one who mourns for a mother.
• Psalms 42:5Why are you in despair, my soul? And why are you restless within me? Wait for God, for I will again praise Him For the help of His presence, my God.
• Psalms 57:6They have prepared a net for my steps; My soul is bowed down; They dug a pit before me; They themselves have fallen into the midst of it. Selah
• Psalms 145:14The Lord supports all who fall, And raises up all who are bowed down.
• Psalms 6:6I am weary with my sighing; Every night I make my bed swim, I flood my couch with my tears.
• Psalms 31:10For my life is spent with sorrow And my years with sighing; My strength has failed because of my guilt, And my body has wasted away.
• Psalms 42:9I will say to God my rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why do I go about mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”
• Psalms 43:2For You are the God of my strength; why have You rejected me? Why do I go about mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
• Psalms 88:9My eye grows dim from misery; I have called upon You every day, Lord; I have spread out my hands to You.
• Job 30:28I go about mourning without comfort; I stand up in the assembly and cry out for help.
• Isaiah 38:14Like a swallow, like a crane, so I twitter; I moan like a dove; My eyes look wistfully to the heights; Lord, I am oppressed, be my security.

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

Topics related to Psalms 38:6

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Conviction
• Prayer
• Remorse

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