Psalms 38:10
(38-11) My heart fluttereth, my strength faileth me; as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
In Context
9(38-10) Lord, all my desire is before Thee; and my sighing is not hid from Thee.
11(38-12) My friends and my companions stand aloof from my plague; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
Cross References
Psalms 6:7(6-8) Mine eye is dimmed because of vexation; it waxeth old because of all mine adversaries.
Psalms 42:1BOOK II (42-1) For the Leader; Maschil of the sons of Korah. (42-2) As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after Thee, O God.
Psalms 88:9(88-10) Mine eye languisheth by reason of affliction; I have called upon Thee, O LORD, every day, I have spread forth my hands unto Thee.
Psalms 119:123Mine eyes fail for Thy salvation, and for Thy righteous word.
Isaiah 21:4My heart is bewildered, terror hath overwhelmed me; the twilight that I longed for hath been turned for me into trembling.
Lamentations 5:16The crown is fallen from our head; woe unto us! for we have sinned.
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 →