God’s Word Translation
Psalms 38:10
10My heart is pounding. I have lost my strength. Even the light of my eyes has left 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 completely devastated. I roar because my heart’s in turmoil. 9You know all my desires, O Lord, and my groaning has not been hidden from you. My heart is pounding. I have lost my strength. Even the light of my eyes has left me. 11My loved ones and my friends keep their distance and my relatives stand far away because of my sickness. 12Those who seek my life lay traps for me. Those who are out to harm me talk about ruining me. All day long they think of ways to deceive me.
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 a deer longs for flowing streams, so my soul longs for you, O God.
- Psalms 119:81My soul is weak from waiting for you to save me. My hope is based on your word.
- Psalms 143:4That is why I begin to lose hope and my heart is in a state of shock.
- Isaiah 21:4I’m confused. I’m shaking with terror. The twilight hours I longed for make me tremble.
- Psalms 6:7My eyes blur from grief. They fail because of my enemies.
- Psalms 69:3I am exhausted from crying for help. My throat is hoarse. My eyes are strained ⌞from⌟ looking for my God.
- Psalms 88:9My eyes grow weak because of my suffering. All day long I call out to you, O Lord. I stretch out my hands to you ⌞in prayer⌟.
- Psalms 119:123My eyes are strained from looking for you to save me and from looking for the fulfillment of your righteous promise.
- 1 Samuel 14:27Jonathan hadn’t heard that his father forced the troops to take an oath. So he stretched out the tip of the staff he had in his hand and dipped it in the honeycomb. When he put it to his mouth, his eyes lit up.
- Lamentations 2:11My eyes are worn out with tears. My stomach is churning. My heart is poured out on the ground because of the destruction of my people. Little children and infants faint in the city streets.
- Lamentations 5:16The crown has fallen from our head. Because we have sinned, it has been disastrous for us.
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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