Mazmur 38:8-11

38:8 I am numb with pain and severely battered; ¹ 

I groan loudly because of the anxiety I feel. ² 

38:9 O Lord, you understand my heart’s desire; ³ 

my groaning is not hidden from you.

38:10 My heart beats quickly;

my strength leaves me;

I can hardly see. ⁴ 

38:11 Because of my condition, ⁵  even my friends and acquaintances keep their distance; ⁶ 

my neighbors stand far away. ⁷ 

[38:8]  ¹ tn Heb “I am numb and crushed to excess.”

[38:8]  ² tn Heb “I roar because of the moaning of my heart.”

[38:9]  ³ tn Heb “O Lord, before you [is] all my desire.”

[38:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “and the light of my eyes, even they, there is not with me.” The “light of the eyes” may refer to physical energy (see 1 Sam 14:27, 29), life itself (Ps 13:3), or the ability to see (Prov 29:23).

[38:11]  ⁵ tn Or “wound,” or “illness.”

[38:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “stand [aloof].”

[38:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “and the ones near me off at a distance stand.”