Psalms 38:10
My heart throbs. My strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it has also left me.
World English Bible
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
9Lord, all my desire is before you. My groaning is not hidden from you.
11My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague. My kinsmen stand far away.
Cross References
Psalms 6:7My eye wastes away because of grief. It grows old because of all my adversaries.
Psalms 42:1As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.
Psalms 88:9My eyes are dim from grief. I have called on you daily, LORD. I have spread out my hands to you.
Psalms 119:123My eyes fail looking for your salvation, for your righteous word.
Isaiah 21:4My heart flutters. Horror has frightened me. The twilight that I desired has been turned into trembling for me.
Lamentations 5:16The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to 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 →