Psalms 38:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.”
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BSBPD
“I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“I am faint and sore bruised: I have groaned by reason of the disquietness of my heart.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“I have been feeble and smitten--unto excess, I have roared from disquietude of heart.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 38:8 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 3:24I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.
- Job 30:27I am churning within and cannot rest; days of affliction confront me.
- Job 30:28I go about blackened, but not by the sun. I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.
- Psalms 22:1My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?
- Psalms 32:3When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.
- Isaiah 59:11We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but find none, for salvation, but it is far from us.
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