Psalm 38:6
I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
Cross-references
Psalm 38:17 continues the same lament: 'I am about to fall, my pain is ever with me' — immediate context of being bowed down.
Psalm 6:6 describes intense weeping and groaning all night, paralleling the all-day mourning in Psalm 38:6—both are laments of deep sorrow.
Psalm 31:10 laments life consumed by grief and strength failing due to iniquity, closely matching the bowed-down mourning in Psalm 38:6.
Psalm 42:9 uses the same phrase 'go about mourning' — both lamenters cry out to God in persistent sorrow.
Psalm 43:2 repeats the identical question 'Why must I go about mourning?' — a direct verbal parallel.
Psalm 145:14 promises God lifts up those bowed down—directly addressing the condition described in Psalm 38:6.
Psalm 57:6 says 'my soul is bowed down' from enemies, using the same Hebrew phrase as Psalm 38:6 for personal distress.
Psalm 35:14 also uses 'bowed down' and 'mourning' but for empathy toward others, not personal affliction—similar language, different context.
Psalm 42:5 asks why the soul is cast down, mirroring the bowed-down state in Psalm 38:6, but adds a note of hope.
Psalm 55:2 says 'my thoughts trouble me and I am distraught' — another psalmist's experience of inner turmoil.
Psalm 88:9 describes eyes dim with grief and daily calling — a similar picture of unrelenting mourning.
Psalm 116:3 speaks of 'distress and sorrow' overwhelming the psalmist — a similar state of being overcome.
Job 30:28 says 'I go about blackened' — Job also walks in mourning, crying for help.
Isaiah 38:14 moans like a mourning dove and cries in distress — a parallel expression of physical and emotional anguish.
Luke 13:11 describes a woman bent over and unable to straighten up — a physical parallel to being bowed down in mourning.