Psalms 38:10
My heart throbbeth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
Revised Version 1895
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 thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
11My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
Cross References
Psalms 6:7Mine eye wasteth away because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine adversaries.
Psalms 42:1As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
Psalms 88:9Mine eye wasteth away by reason of affliction: I have called daily upon thee, O LORD, 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 panteth, horror hath affrighted me: the twilight that I desired hath been turned into trembling unto me.
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 →