King James Version
Psalms 38:6 in the King James Version says “I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. troubled: Heb. wried” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 38 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. troubled: Heb. wried”
Psalms 38:6 · KJV
For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. troubled: Heb. wried
For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.
I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
KJV Study — Public Domain
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
“greatly”
H3966properly, vehemence, i.e., (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“all the day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“mourning”
H6937to be ashy, i.e., dark-colored; by implication, to mourn (in sackcloth or sordid garments)
“I go”
H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
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