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Psalms 38:5-8

I am faint and utterly crushed

Psalm 38: like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me · Psalms 38

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5My wounds stink and fester because of my foolishness.

6I am bent and bowed down very low; all day long I go about mourning.

7For my loins are filled with burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.

8I am faint and utterly crushed; I roar because of the groaning of my heart.

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