Psalms 38:8

8. Feeble The word means torpid, cold, without vital warmth. A natural reaction from the fever-heat of Psalms 38:7.

Broken Crushed. Here taken morally for a “ broken heart,” Psalms 51:19.

Roared… disquietness Two words used in allusion to the habits of the lion, bearing the same relation to each other as growling and roaring. The meaning is, the low moaning of his heart had caused the loud wailing of his lips. Hitherto, in pouring out the bitterness of his complaint, David speaks only of himself, especially his physical sufferings, making no allusion to his enemies. Thrice he lays down the moral cause of his sufferings, “Because of thine anger,” “Because of my sin,” “Because of my foolishness.” Vers. 3, 5