Revised Literal Translation
Psalms 38:10
10My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.1
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 feeble and sore broken: I have roared 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 panteth, 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 sore; 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 imagine deceits 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
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: but I hope in thy word.
- Psalms 143:4Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.
- Isaiah 21:4My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.
- Psalms 6:7Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.
- Psalms 69:3I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
- Psalms 88:9Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: Yhwh, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
- Psalms 119:123Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
- 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 an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.
- Lamentations 2:11Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
- Lamentations 5:16The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that 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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- 1. Psalms 38:10 is gone…: Heb. is not with me. ↩
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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