Psalms 38:10

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

My heart panteth, my strength faileth{H8804)} me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֲ‍ֽדנָ֗‪[t]‬י נֶגְדְּךָ֥ כָל־תַּאֲוָתִ֑י וְ֝אַנְחָתִ֗י מִמְּךָ֥ לֹא־נִסְתָּֽרָה׃

Transliteration

'Ăḏōnāy before neḡdəḵā all ta'ăwātî and 'anḥātî from you not nistārâ

Grammar Details

• *'Ăḏōnāy*: divine title - my Lord
• *neḡdəḵā*: preposition with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - before you
• *ta'ăwātî*: noun with 1st person singular suffix - my desire/longing
• *'anḥātî*: noun with 1st person singular suffix - my sighing/groaning
• *nistārâ*: niphal perfect 3rd person feminine singular - it is hidden

Word Meanings

• *'Ăḏōnāy*: my Lord/Master
• *neḡed*: before/in front of/opposite to
• *ta'ăwāt*: desire/longing/yearning
• *'anḥāt*: sighing/groaning
• *nistārâ*: is hidden/concealed

Referenced Verses

• Ps 6:7 : 7 Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.
• Ps 69:3 : 3 I am weary{H8804)} of my crying{H8800)}: my throat is dried{H8738)}: mine eyes fail{H8804)} while I wait{H8764)} for my God.
• Ps 88:9 : 9 Mine eye mourneth{H8804)} by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called{H8804)} daily upon thee, I have stretched out{H8765)} my hands unto thee.
• Ps 119:81-83 : 81 CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word. 82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me? 83 For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.
• Ps 119:123 : 123 Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
• Ps 143:4-7 : 4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate. 5 I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands. 6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah. 7 Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
• Isa 21:4 : 4 My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.
• Lam 2:11 : 11 Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.
• Lam 5:16-17 : 16 The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 17 For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.
• Ps 31:10 : 10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
• Ps 42:1 : 1 To the chief Musician{H8764)}, Maschil{H8688)}, for the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth{H8799)} after the water brooks, so panteth{H8799)} my soul after thee, O God.
• 1 Sam 14:27-29 : 27 But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened. 28 Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint. 29 Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.