Psalms 38:2
For your arrows pierce me, and your hand presses me down.
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- Ps 32:4 : 4 For day and night you tormented me; you tried to destroy me in the intense heat of summer.(Selah)
- Job 6:4 : 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; my spirit drinks their poison; God’s sudden terrors are arrayed against me.
- Ps 21:12 : 12 For you make them retreat when you aim your arrows at them.
- Ps 39:10-11 : 10 Please stop wounding me! You have almost beaten me to death! 11 You severely discipline people for their sins; like a moth you slowly devour their strength. Surely all people are a mere vapor.(Selah)
- Ps 64:7 : 7 But God will shoot at them; suddenly they will be wounded by an arrow.
- Lam 3:12 : 12 He drew his bow and made me the target for his arrow.
- Deut 2:15 : 15 Indeed, it was the very hand of the LORD that eliminated them from within the camp until they were all gone.
- Ruth 1:13 : 13 surely you would not want to wait until they were old enough to marry! Surely you would not remain unmarried all that time! No, my daughters, you must not return with me. For my intense suffering is too much for you to bear. For the LORD is afflicting me!”
- 1 Sam 5:6 : 6 The LORD attacked the residents of Ashdod severely, bringing devastation on them. He struck the people of both Ashdod and the surrounding area with sores.
- 1 Sam 5:11 : 11 So they assembled all the leaders of the Philistines and said,“Get the ark of the God of Israel out of here! Let it go back to its own place so that it won’t kill us and our people!” The terror of death was throughout the entire city; God was attacking them very severely there.
- 1 Sam 6:9 : 9 But keep an eye on it. If it should go up by the way of its own border to Beth Shemesh, then he has brought this great calamity on us. But if that is not the case, then we will know that it was not his hand that struck us; rather, it just happened to us by accident.”
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3 My whole body is sick because of your judgment; I am deprived of health because of my sin.
4 For my sins overwhelm me; like a heavy load, they are too much for me to bear.
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11 He has obstructed my paths and torn me to pieces; he has made me desolate.
12 He drew his bow and made me the target for his arrow.
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10 Please stop wounding me! You have almost beaten me to death!
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4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; my spirit drinks their poison; God’s sudden terrors are arrayed against me.
- Job 16:12-132 verses77%
12 I was in peace, and he has shattered me. He has seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target;
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- Ps 38:6-94 verses76%
6 I am dazed and completely humiliated; all day long I walk around mourning.
7 For I am overcome with shame and my whole body is sick.
8 I am numb with pain and severely battered; I groan loudly because of the anxiety I feel.
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17 Night pierces my bones; my gnawing pains never cease.
18 With great power God grasps my clothing; he binds me like the collar of my tunic.
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4 For day and night you tormented me; you tried to destroy me in the intense heat of summer.(Selah)
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17 For I am about to stumble, and I am in constant pain.
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20 ר(Resh) Look, O LORD! I am distressed; my stomach is in knots! My heart is pounding inside me. Yes, I was terribly rebellious! Out in the street the sword bereaves a mother of her children; Inside the house death is present.
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14 My strength drains away like water; all my bones are dislocated; my heart is like wax; it melts away inside me.
15 The roof of my mouth is as dry as a piece of pottery; my tongue sticks to my gums. You set me in the dust of death.
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3 He repeatedly attacks me, he turns his hand against me all day long.
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5 Because of the anxiety that makes me groan, my bones protrude from my skin.
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10 because of your anger and raging fury. Indeed, you pick me up and throw me away.
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5 You squeeze me in from behind and in front; you place your hand on me.
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21 Yes, my spirit was bitter, and my insides felt sharp pain.
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13 “You aggressively attacked me and tried to knock me down, but the LORD helped me.
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10 For my life nears its end in pain; my years draw to a close as I groan. My strength fails me because of my sin, and my bones become brittle.
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34 He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend even the strongest bow.
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35 He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend even the strongest bow.
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39 You give me strength for battle; you make my foes kneel before me.
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10 My enemies’ taunts cut into me to the bone, as they say to me all day long,“Where is your God?”
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22 Why do you pursue me like God does? Will you never be satiated with my flesh?
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4 You will free me from the net they hid for me, for you are my place of refuge.
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26 For you write down bitter things against me and cause me to inherit the sins of my youth.