Psalms 38:10
My heart [is] panting, my power hath forsaken me, And the light of mine eyes, Even they are not with me.
Young's Literal Translation
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, before Thee [is] all my desire, And my sighing from Thee hath not been hid.
11My lovers and my friends over-against my plague stand. And my neighbours afar off have stood.
Cross References
Psalms 6:7Old from provocation is mine eye, It is old because of all mine adversaries,
Psalms 42:1To the Overseer. — An Instruction. By sons of Korah. As a hart doth pant for streams of water, So my soul panteth toward Thee, O God.
Psalms 88:9Mine eye hath grieved because of affliction, I called Thee, O Jehovah, all the day, I have spread out unto Thee my hands.
Psalms 119:123Mine eyes have been consumed for Thy salvation. And for the saying of Thy righteousness.
Isaiah 21:4Wandered hath my heart, trembling hath terrified me, The twilight of my desire He hath made a fear to me,
Lamentations 5:16Fallen hath the crown [from] our head, Woe [is] now 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 →