Psalm 38:8 “I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.”

Psalm 38:8

I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

World English Bible

I am faint and severely bruised. I have groaned by reason of the anguish of my heart.

American Standard Version

I am faint and sore bruised: I have groaned by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

Geneva Bible 1599

I am weakened and sore broken: I roare for the very griefe of mine heart.

Darby Translation

I am faint and broken beyond measure; I roar by reason of the agitation of my heart.

Young's Literal Translation

I have been feeble and smitten — unto excess, I have roared from disquietude of heart.

Bible in Basic English

I am feeble and crushed down; I gave a cry like a lion because of the grief in my heart.

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Cross references

“roared”

Psalm 32:3 Job 3:24 Job 30:28 Isaiah 59:11 Psalm 22:1 Psalm 22:2

Psalm 32:3 · BSB

When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.

Job 3:24 · BSB

I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.

Job 30:28 · BSB

I go about blackened, but not by the sun. I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.

Isaiah 59:11 · BSB

We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but find none, for salvation, but it is far from us.

Psalm 22:1 · BSB

My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?

Psalm 22:2 · BSB

I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7For my loins are full of burning pain, and no soundness remains in my body.

9O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You.

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