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The Roar of a Broken Heart
Commentators emphasize the extreme language David uses. Words like 'feeble' (implying a deathly cold), 'sore broken' (crushed), and 'roared' (like a lion or a raging sea) describe a state of total physical and emotional collapse. This validates the experience of those whose suffering feels overwhelming and beyond simple description.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 38:8
18th Century
Theologian
I am feeble - The word used here means properly to be cold, or without warmth; and then, to be torpid or languid. Compare ([Reference Genes…
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 38:8
19th Century
Bishop
I am feeble and sore broken. —Better, I am become deadly cold, and am quite worn out.
Disquietness. —Properly,
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 38:7–9
19th Century
Preacher
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 o…
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John Gill
On Psalms 38:8
17th Century
Pastor
I am feeble
Both in body, natural strength being weakened by the affliction, and dried up like a potsherd by the hea…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 38:1–11
17th Century
Minister
Nothing will trouble the heart of a good person as much as the sense of God's anger. The way to keep the heart quiet is to keep ourselves in the lo…