Psalms 38:17

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“For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.”

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BSBPD

“For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“For I am ready to halt, And my pain <FI>is<Fi> before me continually.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 38:17 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 6:6I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.
  2. Psalms 13:5But I have trusted in Your loving devotion; my heart will rejoice in Your salvation.
  3. Psalms 35:15But when I stumbled, they assembled in glee; they gathered together against me. Assailants I did not know slandered me without ceasing.
  4. Psalms 35:19Let not my enemies gloat over me without cause, nor those who hate me without reason wink in malice.
  5. Psalms 38:6I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.
  6. Psalms 77:2In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.
  7. Isaiah 53:3He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.
  8. Micah 4:6“On that day,” declares the LORD, “I will gather the lame; I will assemble the outcast, even those whom I have afflicted.

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