Psalms 38:17

Psalms 38:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
• New International Version (NIV)For I am about to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever before me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me.

Context of Psalms 38:17

15For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt answer, O Lord my God. 16For I said, Lest they rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me. For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me. 18For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin. 19But mine enemies are lively, and are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

Psalms 38:17 word by word

כִּֽי־אֲ֭נִי לְצֶ֣לַע נָכ֑וֹן וּמַכְאוֹבִ֖י נֶגְדִּ֣י תָמִֽיד׃Read the interlinear

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Cross-references for Psalms 38:17

• Psalms 35:15But when I halted they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:
• Micah 4:6In that day, saith the LORD, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven away, and her that I have afflicted;
• Psalms 38:6I am pained and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
• Psalms 6:6I am weary with my groaning; every night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
• Psalms 77:2In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my hand was stretched out in the night, and slacked not; my soul refused to be comforted.
• Isaiah 53:3He was despised, and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and as one from whom men hide their face he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

Commentaries on Psalms 38:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17For I am ready to halt - Literally, I am prepared to halt. So completely infirm is my soul, that it is impossible for me to take one right step in the way of righteousness, unless strengthened by thee.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17For I am ready to halt - Margin, as in Hebrew, “for halting.” The word from which the word used here is derived means properly to lean on one side, and then to halt or limp. The meaning here is, that he was like one who was limping along, and who was ready to fall; that is, in the case here referred to, he felt that his strength was almost gone, and that he was in continual danger of falling into sin, or sinking under his accumulated burdens, and of thus…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-22Verses 12-22 Wicked men hate goodness, even when they benefit by it. David, in the complaints he makes of his enemies, seems to refer to Christ. But our enemies do us real mischief only when they drive us from God and our duty. The true believer's trouble will be made useful; he will learn to wait for his God, and will not seek relief from the world or himself. The less we notice the unkindness and injuries that are done us, the more we consult the quiet…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-20The psalmist, unable to bear his suffering and close to collapse (compare Psalm 15:5), admits his sin (see Psalm 32:5).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 15-1715-17. for he is confident the Lord--literally, "Sovereign" (to whom he was a servant), would answer his prayer (Psa 3:4; 4:1), and not permit their triumph in his partial halting, of which he was in danger.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 38:17

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Conviction

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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