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My groans come from an anguished heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/38.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />I am feeble and crushed; I groan because of the tumult of my heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/38.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/38.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/38.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />I am feeble and severely broken; I groan because of the turmoil of my heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/38.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />I feel faint and badly crushed; I groan because of the agitation of my heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/38.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />I am benumbed and badly crushed; I groan because of the agitation of my heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/38.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />I am benumbed and badly crushed; I groan because of the agitation of my heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/38.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />I am faint and badly crushed; I groan because of the agitation of my heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/38.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />I am numb and greatly bruised [deadly cold and completely worn out]; I groan because of the disquiet <i>and</i> moaning of my heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/38.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I am faint and severely crushed; I groan because of the anguish of my heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/38.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I am faint and severely crushed; I groan because of the anguish of my heart. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/38.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />I am faint and sore bruised: I have groaned by reason of the disquietness of my heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/38.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I am worn out and weak, moaning and in distress. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/38.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />I am faint and sore bruised: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/38.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I am numb and completely devastated. I roar because my heart's in turmoil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/38.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I am worn out and utterly crushed; my heart is troubled, and I groan with pain. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/38.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />I am weak and utterly crushed; I cry out in distress because of my heart's anguish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/38.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/38.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I am numb with pain and severely battered; I groan loudly because of the anxiety I feel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/38.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />I am faint and severely bruised. I have groaned by reason of the anguish of my heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/38.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />I am feeble and grievously broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/38.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I am faint and severely bruised. I have groaned by reason of the anguish of my heart. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/38.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />I have been feeble and struck—to excess, "" I have roared from disquietude of heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/38.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> I have been feeble and smitten -- unto excess, I have roared from disquietude of heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/38.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For my loins were filled with inflammation, and no soundness in my flesh.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/38.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />I am afflicted and humbled exceedingly : I roared with the groaning of my heart. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/38.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 37:9>I have been afflicted and greatly humbled. I bellowed from the groaning of my heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/38.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I am numb and utterly crushed; I wail with anguish of heart. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/38.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />I am utterly spent and crushed; I groan because of the tumult of my heart.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/38.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />I am feeble and miserable; I have groaned because of the despair of my heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/38.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />I shook and I was very saddened and I have been groaning from the moaning of my heart.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/38.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />I am benumbed and sore crushed; I groan by reason of the moaning of my heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/38.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />I have been afflicted and brought down exceedingly: I have roared for the groaning of my heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/38-8.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=4444" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/38.htm">Do Not Rebuke Me in Your Anger</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">7</span>For my loins are full of burning pain, and no soundness remains in my body. <span class="reftext">8</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6313.htm" title="6313: nə·p̄ū·ḡō·w·ṯî (V-Nifal-Perf-1cs) -- To grow numb. A primitive root; to be sluggish.">I am numb</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ- (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">and badly</a> <a href="/hebrew/3966.htm" title="3966: mə·’ōḏ (Adv) -- Muchness, force, abundance. From the same as 'uwd; properly, vehemence, i.e. vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1794.htm" title="1794: wə·niḏ·kê·ṯî (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To crush. A primitive root; to collapse.">crushed;</a> <a href="/hebrew/7580.htm" title="7580: ’aḡ·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To roar. A primitive root; to rumble or moan.">I groan</a> <a href="/hebrew/5100.htm" title="5100: min·na·hă·maṯ (Prep-m:: N-fsc) -- A growling, groaning. Feminine of naham; snarling.">in anguish</a> <a href="/hebrew/3820.htm" title="3820: lib·bî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- A form of lebab; the heart; also used very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything.">of heart.</a> </span><span class="reftext">9</span>O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/30-27.htm">Job 30:27</a></span><br />I am churning within and cannot rest; days of affliction confront me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/1-20.htm">Lamentations 1:20</a></span><br />See, O LORD, how distressed I am! I am churning within; my heart is pounding within me, for I have been most rebellious. Outside, the sword bereaves; inside, there is death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/21-3.htm">Isaiah 21:3</a></span><br />Therefore my body is filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am bewildered to hear, I am dismayed to see.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/4-19.htm">Jeremiah 4:19</a></span><br />My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/6-4.htm">Job 6:4</a></span><br />For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/22-14.htm">Psalm 22:14</a></span><br />I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/31-10.htm">Psalm 31:10</a></span><br />For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/6-6.htm">Psalm 6:6</a></span><br />I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/69-3.htm">Psalm 69:3</a></span><br />I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/102-3.htm">Psalm 102:3-5</a></span><br />For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers. / My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread. / Through my loud groaning my skin hangs on my bones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/12-9.htm">2 Corinthians 12:9-10</a></span><br />But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me. / That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-26.htm">Romans 8:26</a></span><br />In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/26-38.htm">Matthew 26:38</a></span><br />Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/14-34.htm">Mark 14:34</a></span><br />Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/22-44.htm">Luke 22:44</a></span><br />And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.</p><p class="hdg">roared</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/22-1.htm">Psalm 22:1,2</a></b></br> To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? <i>why art thou so</i> far from helping me, <i>and from</i> the words of my roaring? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/32-3.htm">Psalm 32:3</a></b></br> When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/3-24.htm">Job 3:24</a></b></br> For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/2-1.htm">Agitation</a> <a href="/psalms/31-10.htm">Anguish</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-23.htm">Badly</a> <a href="/psalms/37-17.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/psalms/34-18.htm">Bruised</a> <a href="/psalms/38-2.htm">Crushed</a> <a href="/psalms/34-17.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/proverbs/15-16.htm">Disquietude</a> <a href="/psalms/38-6.htm">Excess</a> <a href="/psalms/6-2.htm">Faint</a> <a href="/psalms/10-10.htm">Feeble</a> <a href="/2_kings/20-3.htm">Grievously</a> <a href="/psalms/12-5.htm">Groan</a> <a href="/judges/2-18.htm">Groaned</a> <a href="/psalms/37-31.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/psalms/22-16.htm">Lion</a> <a href="/psalms/38-6.htm">Measure</a> <a href="/psalms/6-6.htm">Moaning</a> <a href="/psalms/35-19.htm">Reason</a> <a href="/job/37-4.htm">Roar</a> <a href="/judges/14-5.htm">Roared</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/35-23.htm">Severely</a> <a href="/psalms/18-38.htm">Smitten</a> <a href="/psalms/38-2.htm">Sore</a> <a href="/psalms/31-10.htm">Spent</a> <a href="/job/39-7.htm">Tumult</a> <a href="/psalms/38-6.htm">Utterly</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/20-2.htm">Agitation</a> <a href="/psalms/39-2.htm">Anguish</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-11.htm">Badly</a> <a href="/psalms/44-19.htm">Broken</a> <a href="/psalms/51-8.htm">Bruised</a> <a href="/psalms/42-5.htm">Crushed</a> <a href="/psalms/39-12.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/proverbs/15-16.htm">Disquietude</a> <a href="/proverbs/25-16.htm">Excess</a> <a href="/psalms/61-2.htm">Faint</a> <a href="/psalms/39-4.htm">Feeble</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-1.htm">Grievously</a> <a href="/psalms/77-3.htm">Groan</a> <a href="/psalms/77-3.htm">Groaned</a> <a href="/psalms/38-10.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/psalms/91-13.htm">Lion</a> <a href="/psalms/39-4.htm">Measure</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-2.htm">Moaning</a> <a href="/psalms/38-19.htm">Reason</a> <a href="/psalms/42-7.htm">Roar</a> <a href="/psalms/74-4.htm">Roared</a> <a href="/psalms/44-19.htm">Severely</a> <a href="/psalms/69-26.htm">Smitten</a> <a href="/psalms/38-11.htm">Sore</a> <a href="/psalms/39-10.htm">Spent</a> <a href="/psalms/46-3.htm">Tumult</a> <a href="/psalms/68-12.htm">Utterly</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 38</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/38-1.htm">David moves God to take compassion on his pitiful case</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/38.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/38.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>I am numb and badly crushed;</b><br>This phrase reflects a deep sense of physical and emotional pain. The psalmist, traditionally understood to be David, expresses a state of being overwhelmed by suffering. The term "numb" suggests a loss of feeling, possibly due to prolonged distress or shock. "Badly crushed" indicates a severe burden or affliction, which could be both internal and external. In the context of David's life, this could relate to his experiences of fleeing from Saul or dealing with the consequences of his own sins, such as the incident with Bathsheba. The imagery of being crushed is also found in other scriptures, such as <a href="/isaiah/53-5.htm">Isaiah 53:5</a>, which speaks of the suffering servant, a prophetic reference to Jesus Christ, who was "crushed for our iniquities."<p><b>I groan in anguish of heart.</b><br>The groaning signifies a deep, involuntary response to intense pain or sorrow. This is not just physical but deeply emotional and spiritual. The "anguish of heart" points to an inner turmoil that affects the whole being. In biblical times, the heart was considered the center of emotions and will, so this phrase indicates a profound level of distress. This groaning can be seen as a form of prayer, a raw and honest communication with God, similar to the groans mentioned in <a href="/romans/8-26.htm">Romans 8:26</a>, where the Spirit intercedes for believers with groans that words cannot express. This connection highlights the idea that God understands and responds to the deepest cries of the human heart.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>Traditionally attributed as the author of <a href="/bsb/psalms/38.htm">Psalm 38</a>, David is expressing deep personal anguish and repentance. This psalm is often considered a penitential psalm, reflecting David's sorrow over his sins and the resulting physical and emotional suffering.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The ultimate recipient of David's lament. David is directing his cries and pleas to God, seeking relief and forgiveness.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>While not directly mentioned in this verse, the context of the psalm reflects the broader experience of Israel in seeking God's mercy and forgiveness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/a/acknowledgment_of_sin_and_suffering.htm">Acknowledgment of Sin and Suffering</a></b><br>David's expression of being "numb and badly crushed" is a candid acknowledgment of the weight of sin and its consequences. Believers are encouraged to be honest about their struggles and bring them before God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_lament_in_faith.htm">The Role of Lament in Faith</a></b><br>Lament is a vital part of the believer's relationship with God. It allows for the expression of deep sorrow and the seeking of divine intervention and comfort.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/dependence_on_god_for_relief.htm">Dependence on God for Relief</a></b><br>In times of deep anguish, believers are reminded to turn to God as their source of relief and healing, trusting in His mercy and grace.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_hope_of_restoration.htm">The Hope of Restoration</a></b><br>While the psalm expresses deep distress, it also implies hope in God's ability to restore and heal. Believers can find comfort in God's promises of restoration.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_38.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 38</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_suffering_'light_and_momentary'.htm">In 2 Corinthians 4:17, how can immense suffering be dismissed as 'light and momentary' without downplaying real human pain?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_the_faithful_suffer_severely.htm">(Psalm 44:17-19) How is it consistent with other biblical texts that the righteous suffer so severely despite remaining faithful?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_isaiah_42_4_contradict_isaiah_53.htm">Why does Isaiah 42:4 seem to contradict later passages that depict the Messiah as suffering and dying (e.g., Isaiah 53)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_suffering_exist_if_god_is_loving.htm">How can suffering exist with a loving, omnipotent God?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/38.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(8) <span class= "bld">I am feeble and sore broken.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">I am become deadly cold, and am quite worn out.</span><p><span class= "bld">Disquietness.</span>--Properly, <span class= "ital">roaring. </span>Thus, <span class= "ital">of the sea </span>(<a href="/isaiah/5-30.htm" title="And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look to the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.">Isaiah 5:30</a>), <span class= "ital">of lions </span>(<a href="/proverbs/19-12.htm" title="The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favor is as dew on the grass.">Proverbs 19:12</a>; <a href="/proverbs/20-2.htm" title="The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoever provokes him to anger sins against his own soul.">Proverbs 20:2</a>). A very slight alteration once suggested by Hitzig, but since abandoned, would give here, "I roared more than the roaring of a lion."<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/38.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 8.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart</span>. In concluding his accounts of his physical condition, the writer passes from details to more vague and general statements. He is "feeble," <span class="accented">i.e.</span> generally weak and wanting in vigour - he is "sore broken," or "sore bruised" (Revised Version), <span class="accented">i.e.</span> full of aches and pains, as though he had been bruised all over - and the "disquietness of his heart" causes him to vent his anguish in "roarings," or groanings. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/38-8.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">I am numb</span><br /><span class="heb">נְפוּג֣וֹתִי</span> <span class="translit">(nə·p̄ū·ḡō·w·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6313.htm">Strong's 6313: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be sluggish</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and badly</span><br /><span class="heb">עַד־</span> <span class="translit">(‘aḏ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> </span><span class="str2">As far as, even to, up to, until, while</span><br /><br /><span class="word">crushed;</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנִדְכֵּ֣יתִי</span> <span class="translit">(wə·niḏ·kê·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1794.htm">Strong's 1794: </a> </span><span class="str2">To collapse</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I groan</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁ֝אַ֗גְתִּי</span> <span class="translit">(’aḡ·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7580.htm">Strong's 7580: </a> </span><span class="str2">To rumble, moan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in anguish</span><br /><span class="heb">מִֽנַּהֲמַ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(min·na·hă·maṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5100.htm">Strong's 5100: </a> </span><span class="str2">A growling, groaning</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of heart.</span><br /><span class="heb">לִבִּֽי׃</span> <span class="translit">(lib·bî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3820.htm">Strong's 3820: </a> </span><span class="str2">The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/38-8.htm">Psalm 38:8 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/38-8.htm">Psalm 38:8 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/38-8.htm">Psalm 38:8 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/38-8.htm">Psalm 38:8 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/38-8.htm">Psalm 38:8 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/38-8.htm">Psalm 38:8 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/38-8.htm">Psalm 38:8 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/38-8.htm">Psalm 38:8 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/38-8.htm">Psalm 38:8 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/38-8.htm">Psalm 38:8 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/38-8.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 38:8 I am faint and severely bruised (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/38-7.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 38:7"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 38:7" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/38-9.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 38:9"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 38:9" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>