Psalms 38:6

4 For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.

5 My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.

I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.

7 For my loins are full of burning pain, and no soundness remains in my body.

8 I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.
KJV
I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
WEB
I am in pain and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all day long.
ASV
I am pained and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
DARBY
I am depressed; I am bowed down beyond measure; I go mourning all the day.
BLB
I am bent, I am bowed down even to excess; all the day I go about mourning.
ÅB
Jeg er krumbøyd, helt nedbøyd;
hele dagen går jeg i sorg.
OTB
Jeg er lutet og dypt bøyd ned;
Jeg går i sorg hele dagen.
B1930
Jeg er kroket, aldeles nedbøiet; hele dagen går jeg i sørgeklær.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Job 30:28

    I go about blackened, but not by the sun. I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.

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  • Psalms 35:14

    I paced about as for my friend or brother; I was bowed down with grief, like one mourning for his mother.

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  • Psalms 42:9

    I say to God my Rock, “Why have You forgotten me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?”

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  • Psalms 31:10

    For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away.

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  • Psalms 42:5

    Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him for the salvation of His presence.

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  • Psalms 145:14

    The LORD upholds all who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down.

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  • Psalms 43:2

    For You are the God of my refuge. Why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?

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  • Psalms 57:6

    They spread a net for my feet; my soul was despondent. They dug a pit before me, but they themselves have fallen into it! Selah

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