Psalms 38:17

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 35:15 : 15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: The abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew [it] not; They did tear me, and ceased not:
  • Ps 38:6 : 6 I am pained and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
  • Ps 77:2-3 : 2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: My hand was stretched out in the night, and slacked not; My soul refused to be comforted. 3 I remember God, and am disquieted: I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. {{Selah
  • Isa 53:3-5 : 3 He was despised, and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and as one from whom men hide their face he was despised; and we esteemed him not. 4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows; yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
  • Mic 4:6-7 : 6 In that day, saith Jehovah, will I assemble that which is lame, and I will gather that which is driven away, and that which I have afflicted; 7 and I will make that which was lame a remnant, and that which was cast far off a strong nation: and Jehovah will reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth even for ever.
  • Ps 6:6 : 6 I am weary with my groaning; Every night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.

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