Psalms 38:10
8 I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
9 Lord, 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.
11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
12 They 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.
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
Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.
Read in contextPsalms 88:9
Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
Read in contextPsalms 69:3
I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Read in contextPsalms 119:123
Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
Read in contextLamentations 5:16–17
The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!
Read in contextPsalms 119:81–83
My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
Read in context1 Samuel 14:27–29
But 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.
Read in contextLamentations 2:11
Mine 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.
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