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All day long I walk around filled with grief.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/38.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; all the day I go about mourning.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/38.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/38.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/38.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />I am troubled, I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/38.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />I am bent over and greatly bowed down; I go in mourning all day long.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/38.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />I am bent over and greatly bowed down; I go mourning all day long.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/38.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />I am bent over and greatly bowed down; I go mourning all day long.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/38.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />I am bent over and greatly bowed down; I go mourning all day long.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/38.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />I am bent over and greatly bowed down; I go about mourning all day long.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/38.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I am bent over and brought very low; all day long I go around in mourning.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/38.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I am bent over and brought low; all day long I go around in mourning. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/38.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />I am pained and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/38.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />My body is twisted and bent, and I groan all day long. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/38.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />I am pained and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/38.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I am bent over and bowed down very low. All day I walk around in mourning.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/38.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I am bent over, I am crushed; I mourn all day long. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/38.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />I am bent over and walk about greatly bowed down; all day long I go around mourning.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/38.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/38.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I am dazed and completely humiliated; all day long I walk around mourning. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/38.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />I am pained and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all day long.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/38.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/38.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I am in pain and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all day long. <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 bent down, "" I have been bowed down—to excess, "" I have gone mourning all the day.<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 bent down, I have been bowed down -- unto excess, All the day I have gone mourning.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/38.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />My stripes became loathsome: they flowed from the face of my folly.<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 become miserable, and am bowed down even to the end : I walked sorrowful all the day long. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/38.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 37:7>I have become miserable, and I have been bent down, even to the end. I have walked with contrition all day long.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/38.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I am stooped and deeply bowed; every day I go about mourning. <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 bowed down and prostrate; all day long I go around mourning.<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 greatly troubled; all the day long I walk sadly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/38.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />I was very agitated and all day I have walked in sadness.<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 bent and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/38.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />I have been wretched and bowed down continually: I went with a mourning countenance all the day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/38-6.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=4431" 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">5</span>My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly. <span class="reftext">6</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5753.htm" title="5753: na·‘ă·wê·ṯî (V-Nifal-Perf-1cs) -- To bend, twist. A primitive root; to crook, literally or figuratively.">I am bent</a> <a href="/hebrew/7817.htm" title="7817: ša·ḥō·ṯî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To bow, be bowed down, crouch. A primitive root; to sink or depress.">and brought low;</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."></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/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all day long</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: hay·yō·wm (Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: hil·lā·ḵə·tî (V-Piel-Perf-1cs) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">I go about</a> <a href="/hebrew/6937.htm" title="6937: qō·ḏêr (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To be dark. A primitive root; to be ashy, i.e. Dark-colored; by implication, to mourn.">mourning.</a> </span><span class="reftext">7</span>For my loins are full of burning pain, and no soundness remains in my body.…<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="/isaiah/53-4.htm">Isaiah 53:4-5</a></span><br />Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. / But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><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="/romans/7-24.htm">Romans 7:24</a></span><br />What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-28.htm">Matthew 11:28-30</a></span><br />Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. / Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. / For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-2.htm">2 Corinthians 5:2-4</a></span><br />For in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling, / because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. / For while we are in this tent, we groan under our burdens, because we do not wish to be unclothed but clothed, so that our mortality may be swallowed up by life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/7-5.htm">Job 7:5</a></span><br />My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/6-6.htm">Psalm 6:6-7</a></span><br />I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears. / My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes.<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/42-5.htm">Psalm 42:5</a></span><br />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.<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="/luke/18-13.htm">Luke 18:13</a></span><br />But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-22.htm">Romans 8:22-23</a></span><br />We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time. / Not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/12-7.htm">2 Corinthians 12:7-9</a></span><br />or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. / Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. / 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/10-15.htm">Job 10:15</a></span><br />If I am guilty, woe to me! And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift my head. I am full of shame and aware of my affliction.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.</p><p class="hdg">troubled [heb.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/35-14.htm">Psalm 35:14</a></b></br> I behaved myself as though <i>he had been</i> my friend <i>or</i> brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth <i>for his</i> mother.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/42-5.htm">Psalm 42:5</a></b></br> Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and <i>why</i> art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him <i>for</i> the help of his countenance.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/57-6.htm">Psalm 57:6</a></b></br> They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen <i>themselves</i>. Selah.</p><p class="hdg">mourning</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/6-6.htm">Psalm 6:6</a></b></br> I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/31-10.htm">Psalm 31:10</a></b></br> For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/42-9.htm">Psalm 42:9</a></b></br> I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/37-14.htm">Bent</a> <a href="/psalms/35-14.htm">Bowed</a> <a href="/2_samuel/13-4.htm">Depressed</a> <a href="/numbers/3-49.htm">Excess</a> <a href="/psalms/28-7.htm">Greatly</a> <a href="/psalms/35-15.htm">Low</a> <a href="/psalms/37-11.htm">Measure</a> <a href="/psalms/35-14.htm">Mourning</a> <a href="/job/14-22.htm">Pained</a> <a href="/psalms/36-12.htm">Prostrate</a> <a href="/psalms/35-6.htm">Troubled</a> <a href="/psalms/37-24.htm">Utterly</a> <a href="/psalms/35-14.htm">Weeping</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/40-12.htm">Bent</a> <a href="/psalms/44-25.htm">Bowed</a> <a href="/matthew/26-37.htm">Depressed</a> <a href="/psalms/38-8.htm">Excess</a> <a href="/psalms/45-11.htm">Greatly</a> <a href="/psalms/49-2.htm">Low</a> <a href="/psalms/38-8.htm">Measure</a> <a href="/psalms/42-9.htm">Mourning</a> <a href="/psalms/55-4.htm">Pained</a> <a href="/psalms/72-11.htm">Prostrate</a> <a href="/psalms/38-18.htm">Troubled</a> <a href="/psalms/38-8.htm">Utterly</a> <a href="/psalms/39-12.htm">Weeping</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 bent and brought low;</b><br>This phrase reflects a state of deep physical and emotional distress. The imagery of being "bent" suggests a posture of defeat or overwhelming burden, often associated with sin or suffering. In biblical times, physical posture was a significant indicator of one's spiritual and emotional state. The psalmist's condition can be compared to the afflictions of Job, who also experienced profound suffering and humiliation (<a href="/job/30-16.htm">Job 30:16-17</a>). The phrase "brought low" indicates a humbling or abasement, which is a common theme in the Psalms, where the psalmist often cries out to God from a place of humility and need (<a href="/psalms/51-17.htm">Psalm 51:17</a>). This condition can also be seen as a type of Christ, who was "brought low" in His incarnation and suffering (<a href="/philippians/2-7.htm">Philippians 2:7-8</a>).<p><b>all day long I go about mourning.</b><br>The continuous nature of the psalmist's mourning suggests an unrelenting sorrow or grief. Mourning in the ancient Near Eastern context often involved wearing sackcloth, ashes, and public displays of lamentation (<a href="/genesis/37-34.htm">Genesis 37:34</a>). This phrase indicates a state of perpetual lament, possibly due to personal sin, illness, or external persecution. The psalmist's experience resonates with the lamentations of Jeremiah, who mourned the destruction of Jerusalem (<a href="/lamentations/1.htm">Lamentations 1:1-4</a>). Mourning is also a theme in the Beatitudes, where Jesus blesses those who mourn, promising comfort (<a href="/matthew/5-4.htm">Matthew 5:4</a>). This reflects the biblical principle that God is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit (<a href="/psalms/34-18.htm">Psalm 34:18</a>).<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. His life, marked by both triumphs and failures, provides a backdrop for understanding the depth of his lament.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The ultimate recipient of David's lament. David's relationship with God is central to the psalm, as he seeks divine mercy and healing.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The nation of Israel, often represented by its king, is indirectly involved as David's personal struggles often reflect the spiritual state of the nation.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_sin's_consequences.htm">The Reality of Sin's Consequences</a></b><br>Sin can lead to physical, emotional, and spiritual distress. David's lament is a reminder of the weight of sin and the need for repentance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_lament.htm">The Importance of Lament</a></b><br>Lament is a biblical way to process pain and seek God's intervention. It is an honest expression of our struggles before God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_compassion_for_the_brokenhearted.htm">God's Compassion for the Brokenhearted</a></b><br>Despite our lowly state, God is compassionate and attentive to those who are brokenhearted and contrite.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>True repentance involves acknowledging our sin and turning to God for forgiveness and restoration.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_deliverance.htm">Hope in God's Deliverance</a></b><br>Even in the depths of despair, there is hope in God's ability to lift us up and restore us.<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/why_does_god_allow_disasters.htm">Why does God allow suffering? Why He can't stop disasters, earthquakes, tornadoes and storms from occurring?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_the_bible_explain_evil.htm">How does the Bible explain evil and God's existence?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_wrote_pilgrim's_progress.htm">What lessons does the adulterous woman's story teach us?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_is_friedrich_nietzsche.htm">What is the origin of angels?</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>(6) <span class= "bld">I am troubled.</span>--Better,<p>I am made to writhe (see margin),<p>I am bowed down exceedingly,<p>All day long I go about squalid.<p>(See <a href="/psalms/35-14.htm" title="I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourns for his mother.">Psalm 35:14</a>, and comp. <a href="/isaiah/21-3.htm" title="Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold on me, as the pangs of a woman that travails: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.">Isaiah 21:3</a>.) The usual Oriental signs of mourning are alluded to in the last clause.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/38.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 6.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">I am troubled</span>; literally, <span class="accented">bent</span>; which some take physically, and explain as "twisted by violent spasms," others, psychically, as "warped in mind," "driven crazy." I am bowed down greatly; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> bowed to earth, crooked, as men are in extreme old age, or by such maladies as lumbago and rheumatism. <span class="cmt_word">I go mourning all the day long</span>. My gait is that of a mourner - I stoop and move slowly. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/38-6.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 bent</span><br /><span class="heb">נַעֲוֵ֣יתִי</span> <span class="translit">(na·‘ă·wê·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5753.htm">Strong's 5753: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bend, twist</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and brought low;</span><br /><span class="heb">שַׁחֹ֣תִי</span> <span class="translit">(ša·ḥō·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7817.htm">Strong's 7817: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bow, be bowed down, crouch</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all day long</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I go about</span><br /><span class="heb">הִלָּֽכְתִּי׃</span> <span class="translit">(hil·lā·ḵə·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">mourning.</span><br /><span class="heb">קֹדֵ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(qō·ḏêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6937.htm">Strong's 6937: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be ashy, darkcolored, to mourn</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/38-6.htm">Psalm 38:6 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/38-6.htm">Psalm 38:6 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/38-6.htm">Psalm 38:6 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/38-6.htm">Psalm 38:6 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/38-6.htm">Psalm 38:6 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/38-6.htm">Psalm 38:6 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/38-6.htm">Psalm 38:6 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/38-6.htm">Psalm 38:6 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/38-6.htm">Psalm 38:6 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/38-6.htm">Psalm 38:6 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/38-6.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 38:6 I am pained and bowed down greatly (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/38-5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 38:5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 38:5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/38-7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 38:7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 38:7" /></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>