I am troubled. — Better,
I am made to writhe (see margin),
I am bowed down exceedingly,
All day long I go about squalid.
(See Psalms 35:14, and comp. Isaiah 21:3.) The usual Oriental signs of mourning are alluded to in the last clause.
Related Commentaries of Psalms 38:6
Psalms 38:6
6 I am troubled;b I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.