Psalms 38:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Readability

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

✅ Strengths

High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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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. {H5542}
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.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 38:18
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18For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
Ps 38:4-10
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4For mine iniquities are gone over my head: As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
5My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, Because of my foolishness.
6I am pained and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
7For my loins are filled with burning; And there is no soundness in my flesh.
8I am faint and sore bruised: I have groaned by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
9Lord, all my desire is before thee; And my groaning is not hid from thee.
10My heart throbbeth, my strength faileth me: As for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
Ps 38:16
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16For I said, Lest they rejoice over me: When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
Ps 31:9-10
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9Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah, for I am in distress: Mine eye wasteth away with grief, [yea], my soul and my body.
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Jer 8:18
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18Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! my heart is faint within me.
Isa 38:15
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15What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.
Job 17:7
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7Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, And all my members are as a shadow.
Ps 73:2
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2But as for me, my feet were almost gone; My steps had well nigh slipped.
Ps 55:4
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4My heart is sore pained within me: And the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
Lam 1:20-22
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20Behold, O Jehovah; for I am in distress; my heart is troubled; My heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: Abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.
21They have heard that I sigh; there is none to comfort me; all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: Thou wilt bring the day that thou hast proclaimed, and they shall be like unto me.
22Let all their wickedness come before thee; And do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: For my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.
Jer 10:19
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19Woe is me because of my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is [my] grief, and I must bear it.
Job 3:24
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24For my sighing cometh before I eat, And my groanings are poured out like water.
Ps 40:12
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12For innumerable evils have compassed me about; Mine iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up; They are more than the hairs of my head; And my heart hath failed me.
Job 9:28
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28I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.
Ps 143:4
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4Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; My heart within me is desolate.
Ps 51:3
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Ps 88:3
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3For my soul is full of troubles, And my life draweth nigh unto Sheol.
Job 17:1
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1My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, The grave is [ready] for me.
Ps 109:22
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22For I am poor and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.
Ps 25:16
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Ps 73:21
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20My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is bowed down within me.
Ps 38:2
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2For thine arrows stick fast in me, And thy hand presseth me sore.
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Job 30:16
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16And now my soul is poured out within me; Days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
Job 30:28
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16When I thought how I might know this, It was too painful for me;
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Ps 57:6
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Ps 88:15
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Ps 69:3
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3I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried: Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Job 10:1
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Job 23:2
72%
2Even to-day is my complaint rebellious: My stroke is heavier than my groaning.
Jer 17:16
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16As for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd after thee; neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was before thy face.
Ps 22:14
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14I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint: My heart is like wax; It is melted within me.