Focused Passage

Psalms 38:9-14

Confessing Sin While Waiting for the LORD's Near Help

plea against wrathful rebuke -> sin-connected anguish -> transparent groaning before the Lord -> isolation and enemy schemes -> silent waiting for God's answer -> confession amid unjust hostility -> urgent appeal for nearness and help

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

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

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

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

12 Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.

13 But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth.

14 I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.

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References and Original Words

Verse 9

Cross-references

Matthew 6:8 Classic cross-references Psalms 10:17 Classic cross-references 2 Corinthians 5:2 Classic cross-references Psalms 6:6 Classic cross-references Psalms 69:5 Classic cross-references

Original words

O Lord אֲ‍ֽדֹנָי H136 Noun - proper - masculine singular my every כָל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct desire תַּאֲוָתִ֑י H8378 Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular [is] before You נֶגְדְּךָ֥ H5048 Preposition | second person masculine singular my groaning וְ֝אַנְחָתִ֗י H585 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular is not לֹא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle hidden נִסְתָּֽרָה׃ H5641 Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular from You מִמְּךָ֥ H4480 Preposition | second person masculine singular

Verse 10

Cross-references

Psalms 6:7 Classic cross-references Psalms 88:9 Classic cross-references Psalms 22:15 Classic cross-references Psalms 69:3 Classic cross-references Lamentations 5:16 Classic cross-references

Original words

My heart לִבִּ֣י H3820 Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular pounds סְ֭חַרְחַר H5503 Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular my strength כֹחִ֑י H3581 Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular fails עֲזָבַ֣נִי H5800 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular and even גַּם־ H1571 Conjunction . . . הֵ֝֗ם H1992 Pronoun - third person masculine plural the light וְֽאוֹר־ H216 Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular construct of my eyes עֵינַ֥י H5869 Noun - cdc | first person common singular has faded אֵ֣ין H369 Adverb . . . אִתִּֽי׃ H854 Preposition | first person common singular

Verse 11

Cross-references

Matthew 26:31 Classic cross-references Luke 23:49 Classic cross-references Psalms 31:11 Classic cross-references Job 19:13 Classic cross-references Job 6:15 Classic cross-references

Original words

My beloved אֹֽהֲבַ֨י׀ H157 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | first person common singular and friends וְרֵעַ֗י H7453 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular shun יַעֲמֹ֑דוּ H5975 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural . . . מִנֶּ֣גֶד H5048 Preposition-m my disease נִגְעִ֣י H5061 Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular and my kinsmen וּ֝קְרוֹבַ֗י H7138 Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural construct | first person common singular stand עָמָֽדוּ׃ H5975 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural at a distance מֵרָחֹ֥ק H7350 Preposition-m | Adjective - masculine singular

Verse 12

Cross-references

Psalms 35:4 Classic cross-references 2 Samuel 17:1 Classic cross-references John 8:6 Classic cross-references Psalms 141:9 Classic cross-references Psalms 35:20 Classic cross-references

Original words

Those who seek מְבַקְשֵׁ֬י H1245 Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct my life נַפְשִׁ֗י H5315 Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular lay snares וַיְנַקְשׁ֤וּ׀ H5367 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural those who wish me וְדֹרְשֵׁ֣י H1875 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct harm רָ֭עָתִי H7451 Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular speak דִּבְּר֣וּ H1696 Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural destruction הַוּ֑וֹת H1942 Noun - feminine plural plotting יֶהְגּֽוּ׃ H1897 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural deceit וּ֝מִרְמ֗וֹת H4820 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural all כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct day long הַיּ֥וֹם H3117 Article | Noun - masculine singular

Verse 13

Cross-references

Isaiah 53:7 Classic cross-references Psalms 39:9 Classic cross-references 1 Peter 2:23 Classic cross-references 1 Samuel 10:27 Classic cross-references Psalms 39:2 Classic cross-references

Original words

But like a deaf man כְ֭חֵרֵשׁ H2795 Preposition-k | Adjective - masculine singular I וַאֲנִ֣י H589 Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular do not לֹ֣א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle hear אֶשְׁמָ֑ע H8085 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular and like a mute man וּ֝כְאִלֵּ֗ם H483 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Adjective - masculine singular I do not לֹ֣א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle open יִפְתַּח־ H6605 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular my mouth פִּֽיו׃ H6310 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular

Verse 14

Cross-references

Amos 5:13 Classic cross-references John 8:6 Classic cross-references Mark 15:3 Classic cross-references Micah 7:5 Classic cross-references

Original words

I am וָאֱהִ֗י H1961 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular like a man כְּ֭אִישׁ H376 Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular who אֲשֶׁ֣ר H834 Pronoun - relative cannot לֹא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle hear שֹׁמֵ֑עַ H8085 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular whose mouth בְּ֝פִ֗יו H6310 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular offers no reply תּוֹכָחֽוֹת׃ H8433 Noun - feminine plural . . . וְאֵ֥ין H369 Conjunctive waw | Adverb

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