Psalm 38:9

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.

Literal

O Lord, all my desire is before You, and my groaning is not hidden from You.

Latin

Domine, ante te omne desiderium meum, et gemitus meus a te non est absconditus.

Original

Hebrew

English

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

Notes

Psalms 38:9–12

The psalmist wants to reconnect with God but feels distant. He feels lost and alone as his friends leave him.

Psalms 38:1–17

These verses introduce the psalmist's confession (Psalm 38:18) and describe his miserable state.

Psalms 38:1–22

This psalm is a lament and a prayer for healing. The psalmist's suffering is linked to his unconfessed sin. He admits his sin and trusts the Lord with his situation.

Theme notes and profiles

David Complaints God’s Anger

Related verses

Psalm 10:17
You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear,
2 Corinthians 5:2
For in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling,
Psalm 6:6
I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.
Romans 8:26–27
In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words.
John 1:48
“How do You know me?” Nathanael asked. Jesus replied, “Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.”
Romans 8:22–23
We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time.
Psalm 102:5
Through my loud groaning my skin hangs on my bones.
Psalm 102:20
…to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,

Parallels

Psalm 6:1–10

People

LORD: Names or title used to refer to God

Glossary

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Topics

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Psalm 38:9

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