Psalm 38:10 “My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has…”

Psalm 38:10

My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

World English Bible

My heart throbs. My strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it has also left me.

American Standard Version

My heart throbbeth, my strength faileth me: As for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

Geneva Bible 1599

Mine heart panteth: my strength faileth me, and the light of mine eyes, euen they are not mine owne.

Darby Translation

My heart throbbeth, my strength hath left me; and the light of mine eyes, it also is no more with me.

Young's Literal Translation

My heart [is] panting, my power hath forsaken me, And the light of mine eyes, Even they are not with me.

Bible in Basic English

My heart goes out in pain, my strength is wasting away; as for the light of my eyes, it is gone from me.

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Cross references

“heart”

Psalm 42:1 Psalm 119:81–83 Psalm 143:4–7 Isaiah 21:4

Psalm 42:1 · BSB

As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.

Psalm 119:81–83 · BSB

My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.

Psalm 143:4–7 · BSB

My spirit grows faint within me; my heart is dismayed inside me.

Isaiah 21:4 · BSB

My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight I desired has turned to horror.

“the light”

Psalm 6:7 Psalm 88:9 Psalm 69:3 Psalm 119:123 1 Samuel 14:27–29 Lamentations 2:11

Psalm 6:7 · BSB

My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes.

Psalm 88:9 · BSB

My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.

Psalm 69:3 · BSB

I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.

Psalm 119:123 · BSB

My eyes fail, looking for Your salvation, and for Your righteous promise.

1 Samuel 14:27–29 · BSB

Jonathan, however, had not heard that his father had bound the people with the oath. So he reached out the end of the staff in his hand, dipped it into the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes brightene…

Lamentations 2:11 · BSB

My eyes fail from weeping; I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief over the destruction of the daughter of my people, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city.

Also

Psalm 31:10

Psalm 31:10 · BSB

For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You.

11My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.

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