Psalms 38:10

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 faint and sore bruised: I have groaned by reason of the disquietness of my heart. 9Lord, all my desire is before thee; And my groaning is not hid from thee. My heart throbbeth, my strength faileth me: As for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me. 11My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand afar off. 12They also that seek after my life lay snares for me; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long.

Psalms 38:10 word by word

לִבִּ֣י סְ֭חַרְחַר עֲזָבַ֣נִי כֹחִ֑י וְֽאוֹר־עֵינַ֥י גַּם־הֵ֝֗ם אֵ֣ין אִתִּֽי׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Psalms 38:10

• Psalms 42:1As the hart panteth after the water brooks, So panteth my soul after thee, O God.
• Psalms 119:81My soul fainteth for thy salvation; ButI hope in thy word.
• Psalms 143:4Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; My heart within me is desolate.
• Isaiah 21:4My heart fluttereth, horror hath affrighted me; the twilight that I desired hath been turned into trembling unto me.
• Psalms 6:7Mine eye wasteth away because of grief; It waxeth old because of all mine adversaries.
• Psalms 69:3I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried: Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
• Psalms 88:9Mine eye wasteth away by reason of affliction: I have called daily upon thee, O Jehovah; I have spread forth my hands unto thee.
• Psalms 119:123Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, And for thy righteous word.
• 1 Samuel 14:27But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.
• Lamentations 2:11Mine eyes do fail with tears, my heart is troubled; My liver is poured upon the earth, because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, Because the young children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
• Lamentations 5:16The crown is fallen from our head: Woe unto 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

Topics related to Psalms 38:10

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Conviction
• Prayer

In the dictionaries

• Afar
• Arrow
• Deceit
• Fret
• Plague
• Bring
• Pentateuch
• Psalms, Book of
• Sick; Sickness

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