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Psalms 38:17

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

KJV

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

ASV

כִּֽי אָ֭מַרְתִּי פֶּן יִשְׂמְחוּ לִ֑/י בְּ/מ֥וֹט רַ֝גְלִ֗/י עָלַ֥/י הִגְדִּֽילוּ

Hebrew

For I am ready to halt, And my pain is before me continually.

YLT

For I am ready to fall. My pain is continually before me.

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

ו
v
noun · 247×
יִגְדַּ֣ל
ygdl
verb · 114×
יִמּֽוֹט
ymvt
verb · 39×
יִשְׂמְחוּ
yshmchv
verb · 153×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פֶּן
pn
conjunction · 132×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Isa 53:3 — He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
  • Mic 4:6 — In that day, saith the LORD, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted;
  • Ps 6:6 — I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
  • Ps 35:15 — But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:
  • Ps 38:6 — I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
  • Ps 77:2 — In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.