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Psalms 38:6

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I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
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  1. Job 30:28Rank 1 from verse 6
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    28I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.

  2. Psalms 35:14Rank 2 from verse 6
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    14I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.

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    9I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

  4. Psalms 145:14Rank 4 from verse 6
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    14The Lord upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down.

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    10For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.

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Psalms 38:6

COMBINED MEANING

troubled

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Disturbed, agitated, alarmed, perplexed, afflicted, burdened, unsettled, or caused to suffer inward, bodily, social, or outward disruption.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

bowed

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of bow. Sense 1: To bend or incline the head, knees, face, or body downward. Sense 2: To make a bodily act of reverence or worship.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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mourning

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Sense 1: Present-participial or verbal-noun form of mourn, meaning to grieve, sorrow, lament, weep, or express distress. Sense 2: To show the effects of ruin and sorrow.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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day

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Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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long

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Sense 1: Extending a great distance or duration. Sense 2: To desire earnestly.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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5My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.

6I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

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7For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.

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