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Psalms 38:10
10My heart throbs violently, my strength fails me; And as for the light of my eyes, even that has also gone from me.
Psalms 38:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
- New International Version (NIV)My heart pounds, my strength fails me; even the light has gone from my eyes.
- English Standard Version (ESV)My heart throbs; my strength fails me, and the light of my eyes—it also has gone from me.
- New King James Version (NKJV)My heart pants, my strength fails me; As for the light of my eyes, it also has gone from me.
Context of Psalms 38:10
8I am numb and greatly bruised [deadly cold and completely worn out]; I groan because of the disquiet and moaning of my heart. 9Lord, all my desire is before You; And my sighing is not hidden from You. My heart throbs violently, my strength fails me; And as for the light of my eyes, even that has also gone from me. 11My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my neighbors stand far away. 12Those who seek my life lay snares for me, And those who seek to injure me threaten mischievous things and destruction; They devise treachery all the day long.
Read all of Psalms 38Psalms 38:10 word by word
לִבִּ֣י סְ֭חַרְחַר עֲזָבַ֣נִי כֹחִ֑י וְֽאוֹר־עֵינַ֥י גַּם־הֵ֝֗ם אֵ֣ין אִתִּֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 38:10
- Psalms 42:1As the deer pants [longingly] for the water brooks, So my soul pants [longingly] for You, O God.
- Psalms 119:81My soul languishes and grows weak for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.
- Psalms 143:4Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed and weak within me [wrapped in darkness]; My heart grows numb within me.
- Isaiah 21:4My mind reels, horror overwhelms me; The twilight I longed for has been turned into fear and trembling for me.
- Psalms 6:7My eye grows dim with grief; It grows old because of all my enemies.
- Psalms 69:3I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched; My eyes fail while I wait [with confident expectation] for my God.
- Psalms 88:9My eye grows dim with sorrow. O Lord, I have called on You every day; I have spread out my hands to You [in prayer].
- Psalms 119:123My eyes fail [with longing, watching] for [the fulfillment of] Your salvation, And for [the fulfillment of] Your righteous word.
- 1 Samuel 14:27But Jonathan had not heard when his father put the people under the oath. So he put out the end of the staff that was in his hand and dipped it into a honeycomb, and then he put his hand to his mouth, and his energy was restored.
- Lamentations 2:11My eyes fail because of tears [mourns Jeremiah], My spirit is deeply disturbed; My heart is poured out on the earth [in grief] Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people [Jerusalem], When little ones and infants faint In the streets of the city.
- Lamentations 5:16The crown has fallen from our head [our honor is covered with dust]! Woe to us, for we have sinned!
Commentaries on Psalms 38:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10My heart panteth - סחרחר secharchar, flutters, palpitates, through fear and alarm. My strength faileth - Not being able to take nourishment. The light of mine eyes - is gone - I can scarcely discern any thing through the general decay of my health and vigor, particularly affecting my sight.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10My heart panteth - The word rendered “panteth,” in its original form, means properly to go about; to travel around; and then, to travel around as a merchant or pedlar, or for purposes of traffic: Genesis 23:16; Genesis 37:28; Genesis 42:34. Applied to the heart, as it is here, it means to move about rapidly; to palpitate; to beat quick. It is an expression of pain and distress, indicated by a rapid beating of the heart. My strength faileth me - It is…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-12The psalmist wants to reconnect with God but feels distant. He feels lost and alone as his friends leave him.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. My heart panteth--as if barely surviving. light ... from me--utter exhaustion (Psa 6:7; 13:3).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 38
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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