Psalms 38:17
For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
Psalms 38:17 in other translations
| BSB | For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me. |
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| WEB | For I am ready to fall. My pain is continually before me. |
| ASV | For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me. |
| YLT | For I am ready to halt, And my pain is before me continually. |
| DARBY | For I am ready to halt, and my pain is continually before me. |
| BBE | My feet are near to falling, and my sorrow is ever before me. |
| Webster | For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me. |
What does Psalms 38:17 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 38:15-17
15-17. for he is confident the Lord--literally, "Sovereign" (to whom he was a servant), would answer his prayer (Psa 3:4; 4:1), and not permit their triumph in his partial halting, of which he was in danger.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 38:12-22
Wicked men hate goodness, even when they benefit by it. David, in the complaints he makes of his enemies, seems to refer to Christ. But our enemies do us real mischief only when they drive us from God and our duty. The true believer's trouble will be made useful; he will learn to wait for his God, and will not seek relief from the world or himself. The less we notice the unkindness and injuries that are done us, the…
Psalms 38:17 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 38:17
- Psalms 35:15
But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not:
- Psalms 6:6
I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
- Psalms 38:6
I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
- Micah 4:6-7
In that day, saith the Lord, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted; And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation: and the Lord shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever.
- Psalms 77:2-3
In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
- Isaiah 53:3-5
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 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.
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Context
- Psalms 38:16
For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
- Psalms 38:17
For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
- Psalms 38:18
For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
Psalms 38:17 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Empero yo estoy á pique de claudicar, y mi dolor está delante de mí continuamente. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Car j’ai dit: Qu’ils ne se réjouissent pas à mon sujet! Quand mon pied chancelle, ils s’élèvent orgueilleusement contre moi. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn ich bin nahe daran zu hinken, und mein Schmerz ist beständig vor mir. |