Psalms 38:3
My whole body is sick because of your judgment; I am deprived of health because of my sin.
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- Ps 6:2 : 2 Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am frail! Heal me, LORD, for my bones are shaking!
- Ps 51:8 : 8 Grant me the ultimate joy of being forgiven! May the bones you crushed rejoice!
- Ps 90:7-8 : 7 Yes, we are consumed by your anger; we are terrified by your wrath. 8 You are aware of our sins; you even know about our hidden sins.
- Ps 102:3 : 3 For my days go up in smoke, and my bones are charred like a fireplace.
- Ps 102:5 : 5 Because of the anxiety that makes me groan, my bones protrude from my skin.
- Isa 1:5-6 : 5 Why do you insist on being battered? Why do you continue to rebel? Your head has a massive wound, your whole heart is sick. 6 From the soles of your feet to your head, there is no spot that is unharmed. There are only bruises, cuts, and open wounds. They have not been cleansed or bandaged, nor have they been treated with olive oil.
- Lam 3:40-42 : 40 נ(Nun) Let us carefully examine our ways, and let us return to the LORD. 41 Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven: 42 “We have blatantly rebelled; you have not forgiven.”
- Ps 31:9-9 : 9 Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am in distress! My eyes grow dim from suffering. I have lost my strength. 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.
- 2 Chr 26:19 : 19 Uzziah, who had an incense censer in his hand, became angry. While he was ranting and raving at the priests, a skin disease appeared on his forehead right there in front of the priests in the LORD’s temple near the incense altar.
- Job 2:7-8 : 7 Job’s Integrity in Suffering So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD, and he afflicted Job with a malignant ulcer from the soles of his feet to the top of his head. 8 Job took a shard of broken pottery to scrape himself with while he was sitting among the ashes.
- Job 33:19-22 : 19 Or a person is chastened by pain on his bed, and with the continual strife of his bones, 20 so that his life loathes food, and his soul rejects appetizing fare. 21 His flesh wastes away from sight, and his bones, which were not seen, are easily visible. 22 He draws near to the place of corruption, and his life to the messengers of death.
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- Ps 38:4-96 verses83%
4 For my sins overwhelm me; like a heavy load, they are too much for me to bear.
5 My wounds are infected and starting to smell, because of my foolish sins.
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.
9 O Lord, you understand my heart’s desire; my groaning is not hidden from you.
- Ps 38:1-22 verses81%
1 A psalm of David, written to get God’s attention. O LORD, do not continue to rebuke me in your anger! Do not continue to punish me in your raging fury!
2 For your arrows pierce me, and your hand presses me down.
- Job 30:17-182 verses79%
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 ב(Bet) He has made my mortal skin waste away; he has broken my bones.
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3 When I refused to confess my sin, my whole body wasted away, while I groaned in pain all day long.
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5 Because of the anxiety that makes me groan, my bones protrude from my skin.
- Ps 31:9-102 verses76%
9 Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am in distress! My eyes grow dim from suffering. I have lost my strength.
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.
- Ps 6:1-33 verses76%
1 For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments, according to the sheminith style; a psalm of David. LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger! Do not discipline me in your raging fury!
2 Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am frail! Heal me, LORD, for my bones are shaking!
3 I am absolutely terrified, and you, LORD– how long will this continue?
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17 “Look, the grief I experienced was for my benefit. You delivered me from the Pit of oblivion. For you removed all my sins from your sight.
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13 מ(Mem) He sent down fire into my bones, and it overcame them. He spread out a trapper’s net for my feet; he made me turn back. He has made me desolate; I am faint all day long.
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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.
- Ps 38:17-182 verses73%
17 For I am about to stumble, and I am in constant pain.
18 Yes, I confess my wrongdoing, and I am concerned about my sins.
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19 Or a person is chastened by pain on his bed, and with the continual strife of his bones,
- Ps 22:14-152 verses73%
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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10 Please stop wounding me! You have almost beaten me to death!
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4 As for me, I said:“O LORD, have mercy on me! Heal me, for I have sinned against you!
- Ps 55:3-42 verses72%
3 because of what the enemy says, and because of how the wicked pressure me, for they hurl trouble down upon me and angrily attack me.
4 My heart beats violently within me; the horrors of death overcome me.
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27 My heart is in turmoil unceasingly; the days of my affliction confront me.
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21 Yes, my spirit was bitter, and my insides felt sharp pain.
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19 I said,“Oh, the feeling in the pit of my stomach! I writhe in anguish. Oh, the pain in my heart! My heart pounds within me. I cannot keep silent. For I hear the sound of the trumpet; the sound of the battle cry pierces my soul!
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12 For innumerable dangers surround me. My sins overtake me so I am unable to see; they outnumber the hairs of my head so my strength fails me.
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16 Your anger overwhelms me; your terrors destroy me.
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6 that you must search out my iniquity, and inquire about my sin,
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22 ת(Tav) Let all their wickedness come before you; afflict them just as you have afflicted me because of all my acts of rebellion. For my groans are many, and my heart is sick with sorrow.
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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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17 I am deprived of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is.
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6 From the soles of your feet to your head, there is no spot that is unharmed. There are only bruises, cuts, and open wounds. They have not been cleansed or bandaged, nor have they been treated with olive oil.
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4 My strength leaves me; I am absolutely shocked.
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7 Your anger bears down on me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves.(Selah)
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8 You have seized me, and it has become a witness; my leanness has risen up against me and testifies against me.
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5 My body is clothed with worms and dirty scabs; my skin is broken and festering.
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20 My bones stick to my skin and my flesh; I have escaped alive with only the skin of my teeth.
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3 For my days go up in smoke, and my bones are charred like a fireplace.
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3 For I am aware of my rebellious acts; I am forever conscious of my sin.
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13 There is no one to plead your cause. There are no remedies for your wounds. There is no healing for you.
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21 His flesh wastes away from sight, and his bones, which were not seen, are easily visible.
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15 What can I say? He has decreed and acted. I will walk slowly all my years because I am overcome with grief.