New English Translation
Psalms 38:10
10My heart beats quickly; my strength leaves me; I can hardly see.
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 with pain and severely battered; I groan loudly because of the anxiety I feel. 9O Lord, you understand my heart’s desire; my groaning is not hidden from you. My heart beats quickly; my strength leaves me; I can hardly see. 11Because of my condition, even my friends and acquaintances keep their distance; my neighbors stand far away. 12Those who seek my life try to entrap me; those who want to harm me speak destructive words; all day long they say deceitful things.
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 streams of water, so I long for you, O God!
- Psalms 119:81I desperately long for your deliverance. I find hope in your word.
- Psalms 143:4My strength leaves me; I am absolutely shocked.
- Isaiah 21:4My heart palpitates, I shake in fear; the twilight I desired has brought me terror.
- Psalms 6:7My eyes grow dim from suffering; they grow weak because of all my enemies.
- Psalms 69:3I am exhausted from shouting for help; my throat is sore; my eyes grow tired of looking for my God.
- Psalms 88:9My eyes grow weak because of oppression. I call out to you, O Lord, all day long; I spread out my hands in prayer to you.
- Psalms 119:123My eyes grow tired as I wait for your deliverance, for your reliable promise to be fulfilled.
- 1 Samuel 14:27But Jonathan had not heard about the oath his father had made the army take. He extended the end of his staff that was in his hand and dipped it in the honeycomb. When he ate it, his eyes gleamed.
- Lamentations 2:11My eyes are worn out from weeping; my stomach is in knots. My heart is poured out on the ground due to the destruction of my helpless people; children and infants faint in the town squares. ל (Lamed)
- Lamentations 5:16The crown has fallen from our head; 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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