Psalms 38:9

6 songs meet this passage

• “I just gotta be honest”

  Truth Is · Fantasia

  resonates with Psalms 38:9

  Her raw confession of longing echoes the psalmist's pattern of laying desire and sighing openly before being known, even without resolution.

• “Tryin' to hide the pain”

  Home · Daughtry

  resonates with Psalms 38:1-9

  The singer's hidden ache mirrors the psalmist's honest admission of inward groaning before finding relief.

• “Killing me slow, out the window”

  Cruel Summer · Taylor Swift

  resonates with Psalms 38:8-9

  The exhausted, aching waiting mirrors the psalmist's groaning longing, though here it's directed at a person rather than God.

• Anxiety · Doechii

  resonates with Psalms 38:8-10

  The psalmist describes anxiety as a physical crushing weight on the body, much like this lyric's bodily imagery.

• “I let it build up till it all explodes”

  Not My Time · Hotbox

  resonates with Psalms 38:8-10

  David's own cry of inward turmoil and heart pounding mirrors this bottled-up pressure, though David directs his anguish to God while this song does not.

• “And I cannot compete with you, Jolene”

  Jolene · Dolly Parton

  resonates with Psalms 38:9-10

  The psalmist voices similar anguish and inward collapse, laying bare fear and longing before being heard rather than hiding it.