Psalms 38:8
6 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.
I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.
9 O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You.
10 My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.
- KJV
- I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
- WEB
- I am faint and severely bruised. I have groaned by reason of the anguish of my heart.
- ASV
- I am faint and sore bruised: I have groaned by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
- DARBY
- I am faint and broken beyond measure; I roar by reason of the agitation of my heart.
- BLB
- I am numb and crushed, even to excess; I roar from the groaning of my heart.
- ÅB
- Jeg er nummen og helt knust;
jeg brøler av uroen i hjertet mitt. - OTB
- Jeg føler meg svak og fullstendig knust;
Jeg stønner på grunn av uroen i mitt hjerte. - B1930
- Jeg er kold og stiv og aldeles knust, jeg hyler for mitt hjertes stønnen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 3:24
I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.
Read in contextPsalms 32:3
When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.
Read in contextJob 30:28
I go about blackened, but not by the sun. I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.
Read in contextIsaiah 59:11
We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but find none, for salvation, but it is far from us.
Read in contextPsalms 22:1–2
My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?
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