I am always sad and depressed,\par without relief.\par I stand up in the assembly\par and yell for help.\par
Psalm 38:6 - Easy To Read Version I am bent and bowed down.\par I am depressed all day long.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I am bent and bowed down greatly; I go about mourning all the day long. American Standard Version (1901) I am pained and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. Common English Bible I am hunched over, completely down; I wander around all day long, sad. Catholic Public Domain Version Behold, you have made my days measurable, and, before you, my substance is as nothing. Yet truly, all things are vanity: every living man. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Behold thou hast made my days measurable: and my substance is as nothing before thee. And indeed all things are vanity: every man living. |
I am always sad and depressed,\par without relief.\par I stand up in the assembly\par and yell for help.\par
My body is clothed with worms and dirt.\par My skin is broken\par and covered with running sores.\par
Some people let their sins and guilt\par change them into foolish people.\par
The Lord lifts up people who have fallen.\par The Lord helps people who are in trouble.\par
My life is ending in sadness.\par My years are passing away in sighing. {\cf2\super [190]} \par My troubles are taking away my strength.\par My strength is leaving me. {\cf2\super [191]} \par
I wore clothes of sadness for those people.\par I treated those people like my friends or even like brothers.\par I was sad, like a man crying because his mother had died.\par I wore black clothes to show my sadness for those people.\par I walked with my head bowed in sadness.\par
Why should I be so sad?\par Why should I be so upset?\par I should wait for God’s help.\par I will get the chance to praise him yet.\par He will save me!\par
I speak to God, my Rock, {\cf2\super [263]} I say,\par “Lord, why did you forget me?\par Why must I suffer such sadness\par because of the cruelty of my enemy?”\par
God, you are my place of safety!\par Why did you leave me?\par Why must I suffer such sadness\par because of the cruelty of my enemy?\par
My enemies set a trap for me.\par They are trying to trap me.\par They dug a deep pit for me to fall into.\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [337]})\i0 \par
Lord, all night I prayed to you.\par My bed is wet from my tears.\par Tears are dripping from my bed.\par I am weak from crying to you.\par
My eyes hurt from \{crying about\}\par all my suffering.\par Lord, I pray to you constantly!\par I lift my arms in prayer to you.\par
I cried like a dove.\par I cried like a bird.\par My eyes became tired,\par but I continued looking to the heavens.\par My Master, I am so depressed.\par Promise to help me.”\par