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Psalm 38

Psa. 38:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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For I am ready
kuwn (Hebrew #3559)
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)
KJV usage: certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be stable, (e-)stablish, stand, tarry, X very deed.
Pronounce: koon
Origin: a primitive root
ηto halt
tsela` (Hebrew #6761)
a limping or full (figuratively)
KJV usage: adversity, halt(-ing).
Pronounce: tseh'-lah
Origin: from 6760
, and my sorrow
mak'ob (Hebrew #4341)
also (feminine Isaiah 53:3) makfobah {mak-o-baw'}; from 3510; anguish or (figuratively) affliction
KJV usage: grief, pain, sorrow.
Pronounce: mak-obe'
Origin: sometimes makcowb {mak-obe'}
is continually
tamiyd (Hebrew #8548)
properly, continuance (as indefinite extension); but used only (attributively as adjective) constant (or adverbially, constantly); ellipt. the regular (daily) sacrifice
KJV usage: alway(-s), continual (employment, -ly), daily, ((n-))ever(-more), perpetual.
Pronounce: taw-meed'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to stretch
before me.
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for halting.

Cross References

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to halt.
Heb. for halting.
Psa. 35:15• 15But at my halting they rejoiced, and gathered together: the slanderers gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not: (Psa. 35:15)
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Psa. 35•  (Psa. 35)
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Mic. 4:6‑7• 6In that day, saith Jehovah, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted;
 7and I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation; and Jehovah shall reign over them in mount Zion, from henceforth even for ever. (Mic. 4:6‑7)
sorrow.
Psa. 38:6• 6I am depressed; I am bowed down beyond measure; I go mourning all the day. (Psa. 38:6)
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Psa. 6:6• 6I am wearied with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I dissolve my couch with my tears. (Psa. 6:6)
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Psa. 77:2‑3• 2In the day of my trouble, I sought the Lord: my hand was stretched out in the night, and slacked not; my soul refused to be comforted.
 3I remembered God, and I moaned; I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah. (Psa. 77:2‑3)
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Isa. 53:3‑5• 3He is despised and left alone of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief, and like one from whom men hide their faces;--despised, and we esteemed him not.
 4Surely *he* hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; and we, we did regard him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
 5But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him, and with his stripes we are healed. (Isa. 53:3‑5)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For I am ready to halt, and my pain is continually before me.