Psalm 38:6
“I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.”
KJV
Read in Psalm 38Meaning
The sufferer is bent down and mourns all day, showing that spiritual lament can involve the whole body and daily life.
Pain, discipline, and confession
Verses 1–8 describe overwhelming distress in penitential language, joining bodily pain and guilt without giving a universal formula that illness proves personal sin.
Read carefully
The sufferer is bent down and mourns all day, showing that spiritual lament can involve the whole body and daily life.
Reflection
The sufferer is bent down and mourns all day, showing that spiritual lament can involve the whole body and daily life.