Psalms 38:10
8 I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.
9 O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You.
My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.
11 My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
12 Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.
- KJV
- My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
- WEB
- My heart throbs. My strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it has also left me.
- ASV
- My heart throbbeth, my strength faileth me: As for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
- DARBY
- My heart throbbeth, my strength hath left me; and the light of mine eyes, it also is no more with me.
- BLB
- My heart pounds, my strength has forsaken me, and the light of my eyes—even they [are] not with me.
- ÅB
- Hjertet mitt slår heftig,
kraften min har sviktet meg,
og lyset i øynene mine, også det er borte for meg. - OTB
- Mitt hjerte banker vilt, min styrke svikter meg;
Og lyset i mine øyne, selv det har forlatt meg. - B1930
- Mitt hjerte slår heftig, min kraft har sviktet mig, og mine øines lys, endog det er borte for mig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 6:7
My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes.
Read in contextPsalms 88:9
My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.
Read in contextPsalms 69:3
I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
Read in contextPsalms 119:123
My eyes fail, looking for Your salvation, and for Your righteous promise.
Read in contextLamentations 5:16–17
The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!
Read in contextPsalms 119:81–83
My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.
Read in context1 Samuel 14:27–29
Jonathan, however, had not heard that his father had charged the people with the oath. So he reached out the end of the staff in his hand, dipped it into the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes brightened.
Read in contextLamentations 2:11
My eyes fail from weeping; I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief over the destruction of the daughter of my people, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city.
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