Psalms 38:11
My heart is troubled, my strength hath left me, and the light of my eyes itself is not with me.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
In Context
10Lord, all my desire is before thee, and my groaning is not hidden from thee.
Cross References
Job 19:13He hath put my brethren far from me, and my acquaintance like strangers have departed from me.
Psalms 31:11For my life is wasted with grief: and my years in sighs. My strength is weakened through poverty and my bones are disturbed.
Isaiah 53:4Surely he hath borne our infirmities and carried our sorrows: and we have thought him as it were a leper, and as one struck by God and afflicted.
Matthew 26:56Now all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then the disciples all leaving him, fled.
Luke 22:54And apprehending him, they led him to the high priest's house. But Peter followed afar off.
John 16:32Behold, the hour cometh, and it is now come, that you shall be scattered every man to his own, and shall leave me alone; and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 38:2-12
Sorrowful Complaints. 1 O Lord , rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. 2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. 3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin. 4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. 5 My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness. 6 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. 7… Read the whole commentary →