Psalm 38:8
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart."
Word-by-Word Analysis
כָּשַׁל
kâshal
to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall
מְאֹד
mᵉʼôd
properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or ...
שָׁבַר
shâbar
to burst (literally or figuratively)
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
לֵב
lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
Key Terms in This Verse
כָּשַׁל kâshal
to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall
Study H3782 →פָּנִים pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
Study H6440 →מְאֹד mᵉʼôd
properly, vehemence, i.e. (with or without preposition) vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc. (often with other words as an intensive or superlative; especially when repeated)
Study H3966 →לֵב lêb
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything
Study H3820 →Cross References
For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.
We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
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