Psalm 38:8

New International Reader's Version

I am weak and feel as if I’ve been broken in pieces. I groan because of the great pain in my heart.

Cross References

Job 3:24

Sighs have become my food every day. Groans pour out of me like water.

Job 30:27

My insides are always churning. Nothing but days of suffering are ahead of me.

Job 30:28

My skin has become dark, but the sun didn’t do it. I stand up in the community and cry out for help.

Psalm 32:3

When I kept silent about my sin, my body became weak because I groaned all day long.

Isaiah 59:11

All of us growl like hungry bears. We sound like doves as we mourn. We want the Lord to do what is fair and save us. But he doesn’t do it. We long for him to set us free. But the time for that seems far away.