Psalms 38:17 · WEB
“For I am ready to fall. My pain is continually before me.”
— Psalms 38:17
Speaker
David
Era
Kingdom (~1000 BC)
Emotion
grieving
Type
psalm
Emotional genome
Comfort power
Quotability
Memorability
Crisis relevance
Standalone
Prayerweaknesschronic painvulnerability
This verse is part of Psalms 38. The full chapter reveals the story around it.
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