Psalms 38:7

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Chr 21:18-19 : 18 After all this happened, the LORD afflicted him with an incurable intestinal disease. 19 After about two years his intestines came out because of the disease, so that he died a very painful death. His people did not make a bonfire to honor him, as they had done for his ancestors.
  • Job 7:5 : 5 My body is clothed with worms and dirty scabs; my skin is broken and festering.
  • Job 30:18 : 18 With great power God grasps my clothing; he binds me like the collar of my tunic.
  • Ps 41:8 : 8 They say,‘An awful disease overwhelms him, and now that he is bed-ridden he will never recover.’
  • Ps 102:3 : 3 For my days go up in smoke, and my bones are charred like a fireplace.
  • Acts 12:23 : 23 Immediately an angel of the Lord struck Herod down because he did not give the glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died.

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    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.

    11Because of my condition, even my friends and acquaintances keep their distance; my neighbors stand far away.

  • Ps 38:2-6
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    83%

    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.

    6I am dazed and completely humiliated; all day long I walk around mourning.

  • Job 30:16-19
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    16Job’s Despondency“And now my soul pours itself out within me; days of suffering take hold of me.

    17Night pierces my bones; my gnawing pains never cease.

    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.

  • Job 7:5
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    5My body is clothed with worms and dirty scabs; my skin is broken and festering.

  • Ps 31:9-10
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    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.

  • Ps 22:14-15
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    14My strength drains away like water; all my bones are dislocated; my heart is like wax; it melts away inside me.

    15The 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.

  • Lam 1:20
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    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.

  • Ps 102:4-5
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    4My heart is parched and withered like grass, for I am unable to eat food.

    5Because of the anxiety that makes me groan, my bones protrude from my skin.

  • Job 30:27
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    27My heart is in turmoil unceasingly; the days of my affliction confront me.

  • Ps 38:17
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    17For I am about to stumble, and I am in constant pain.

  • Isa 21:3
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    3For this reason my stomach churns; cramps overwhelm me like the contractions of a woman in labor. I am disturbed by what I hear, horrified by what I see.

  • Lam 3:4
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    4ב(Bet) He has made my mortal skin waste away; he has broken my bones.

  • Ps 6:2
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    2Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am frail! Heal me, LORD, for my bones are shaking!

  • Isa 1:6
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    6From 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.

  • Job 16:13
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    13his archers surround me. Without pity he pierces my kidneys and pours out my gall on the ground.

  • Job 16:8
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    8You have seized me, and it has become a witness; my leanness has risen up against me and testifies against me.

  • Ps 73:21
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    21Yes, my spirit was bitter, and my insides felt sharp pain.

  • Lam 1:13
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    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.

  • Jer 4:19
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    19I 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!

  • Ps 32:3
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    3When I refused to confess my sin, my whole body wasted away, while I groaned in pain all day long.

  • Ps 143:4
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    4My strength leaves me; I am absolutely shocked.

  • Ps 55:4
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    4My heart beats violently within me; the horrors of death overcome me.

  • Job 33:19
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    19Or a person is chastened by pain on his bed, and with the continual strife of his bones,

  • Jer 8:18
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    18Then I said,“There is no cure for my grief! I am sick at heart!

  • Ps 88:3
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    3For my life is filled with troubles and I am ready to enter Sheol.

  • Job 33:21
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    21His flesh wastes away from sight, and his bones, which were not seen, are easily visible.

  • Ps 109:24
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    24I am so starved my knees shake; I have turned into skin and bones.

  • Ps 109:22
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    22For I am oppressed and needy, and my heart beats violently within me.

  • Job 34:6
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    6Concerning my right, should I lie? My wound is incurable, although I am without transgression.’

  • Jer 15:18
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    18Why must I continually suffer such painful anguish? Why must I endure the sting of their insults like an incurable wound? Will you let me down when I need you like a brook one goes to for water, but that cannot be relied on?”

  • Job 30:30
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    30My skin has turned dark on me; my body is hot with fever.

  • Ps 40:12
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    12For 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.

  • Jer 10:19
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    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!’

  • Ps 41:8
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    8They say,‘An awful disease overwhelms him, and now that he is bed-ridden he will never recover.’

  • Ps 69:20
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    20Their insults are painful and make me lose heart; I look for sympathy, but receive none, for comforters, but find none.

  • Ps 41:4
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    4As for me, I said:“O LORD, have mercy on me! Heal me, for I have sinned against you!

  • Job 17:7
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    7My eyes have grown dim with grief; my whole frame is but a shadow.