Psalms 38:6

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

I am dazed and completely humiliated; all day long I walk around mourning.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Job 30:28 : 28 I go about blackened, but not by the sun; in the assembly I stand up and cry for help.
  • Ps 35:14 : 14 I mourned for them as I would for a friend or my brother. I bowed down in sorrow as if I were mourning for my mother.
  • Ps 42:9 : 9 I will pray to God, my high ridge:“Why do you ignore me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?”
  • Ps 43:2 : 2 For you are the God who shelters me. Why do you reject me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?
  • Ps 42:5 : 5 Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.
  • Ps 6:6 : 6 I am exhausted as I groan; all night long I drench my bed in tears; my tears saturate the cushion beneath me.
  • Ps 31:10 : 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 57:6 : 6 They have prepared a net to trap me; I am discouraged. They have dug a pit for me. They will fall into it!(Selah)
  • Ps 88:9 : 9 My eyes grow weak because of oppression. I call out to you, O LORD, all day long; I spread out my hands in prayer to you.
  • Ps 145:14 : 14 The LORD supports all who fall, and lifts up all who are bent over.
  • Isa 38:14 : 14 Like a swallow or a thrush I chirp, I coo like a dove; my eyes grow tired from looking up to the sky. O Lord, I am oppressed; help me!

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Ps 38:7-10
    4 verses
    83%

    7For I am overcome with shame and my whole body is sick.

    8I am numb with pain and severely battered; I groan loudly because of the anxiety I feel.

    9O Lord, you understand my heart’s desire; my groaning is not hidden from you.

    10My heart beats quickly; my strength leaves me; I can hardly see.

  • Ps 38:17-18
    2 verses
    82%

    17For I am about to stumble, and I am in constant pain.

    18Yes, I confess my wrongdoing, and I am concerned about my sins.

  • Lam 1:20-21
    2 verses
    78%

    20ר(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.

    21ש(Sin/Shin) They have heard that I groan, yet there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have brought it about. Bring about the day of judgment that you promised so that they may end up like me!

  • Ps 38:2-5
    4 verses
    78%

    2For your arrows pierce me, and your hand presses me down.

    3My whole body is sick because of your judgment; I am deprived of health because of my sin.

    4For my sins overwhelm me; like a heavy load, they are too much for me to bear.

    5My wounds are infected and starting to smell, because of my foolish sins.

  • Job 30:27-28
    2 verses
    78%

    27My heart is in turmoil unceasingly; the days of my affliction confront me.

    28I go about blackened, but not by the sun; in the assembly I stand up and cry for help.

  • 14I suffer all day long, and am punished every morning.”

  • Ps 31:9-10
    2 verses
    77%

    9Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am in distress! My eyes grow dim from suffering. I have lost my strength.

    10For 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.

  • Isa 38:14-15
    2 verses
    77%

    14Like a swallow or a thrush I chirp, I coo like a dove; my eyes grow tired from looking up to the sky. O Lord, I am oppressed; help me!

    15What can I say? He has decreed and acted. I will walk slowly all my years because I am overcome with grief.

  • 76%

    6I am exhausted as I groan; all night long I drench my bed in tears; my tears saturate the cushion beneath me.

  • Job 16:15-16
    2 verses
    76%

    15I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and buried my horn in the dust;

    16my face is reddened because of weeping, and on my eyelids there is a deep darkness,

  • 18Then I said,“There is no cure for my grief! I am sick at heart!

  • 19And I cried out,“We are doomed! Our wound is severe! We once thought,‘This is only an illness. And we will be able to bear it!’

  • 22For I am oppressed and needy, and my heart beats violently within me.

  • 14My strength drains away like water; all my bones are dislocated; my heart is like wax; it melts away inside me.

  • 4My strength leaves me; I am absolutely shocked.

  • Job 30:18-19
    2 verses
    75%

    18With great power God grasps my clothing; he binds me like the collar of my tunic.

    19He has flung me into the mud, and I have come to resemble dust and ashes.

  • 16Job’s Despondency“And now my soul pours itself out within me; days of suffering take hold of me.

  • Ps 88:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    3For my life is filled with troubles and I am ready to enter Sheol.

    4They treat me like those who descend into the grave. I am like a helpless man,

  • Ps 6:2-3
    2 verses
    75%

    2Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am frail! Heal me, LORD, for my bones are shaking!

    3I am absolutely terrified, and you, LORD– how long will this continue?

  • 14I mourned for them as I would for a friend or my brother. I bowed down in sorrow as if I were mourning for my mother.

  • 4My heart beats violently within me; the horrors of death overcome me.

  • 3When I refused to confess my sin, my whole body wasted away, while I groaned in pain all day long.

  • 7My eyes have grown dim with grief; my whole frame is but a shadow.

  • 15I am oppressed and have been on the verge of death since my youth. I have been subjected to your horrors and am numb with pain.

  • 14I have become the laughingstock of all people, their mocking song all day long.

  • 13מ(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.

  • 1א(Alef) The Prophet Speaks: I am the man who has experienced affliction from the rod of his wrath.

  • 2“Even today my complaint is still bitter; his hand is heavy despite my groaning.

  • 9My eyes grow weak because of oppression. I call out to you, O LORD, all day long; I spread out my hands in prayer to you.

  • 21Yes, my spirit was bitter, and my insides felt sharp pain.

  • 3The ropes of death tightened around me, the snares of Sheol confronted me. I was confronted with trouble and sorrow.

  • 20I continually think about this, and I am depressed.

  • 20Their insults are painful and make me lose heart; I look for sympathy, but receive none, for comforters, but find none.

  • 3He repeatedly attacks me, he turns his hand against me all day long.

  • 6But I am a worm, not a man; people insult me and despise me.