New International Version All my longings lie open before you, Lord; my sighing is not hidden from you. New Living Translation You know what I long for, Lord; you hear my every sigh. English Standard Version O Lord, all my longing is before you; my sighing is not hidden from you. Berean Standard Bible O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You. Berean Literal Bible O Lord, all my desire is before You, and my groaning is not hidden from You. King James Bible Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee. New King James Version Lord, all my desire is before You; And my sighing is not hidden from You. New American Standard Bible Lord, all my desire is before You; And my sighing is not hidden from You. NASB 1995 Lord, all my desire is before You; And my sighing is not hidden from You. NASB 1977 Lord, all my desire is before Thee; And my sighing is not hidden from Thee. Legacy Standard Bible Lord, all my desire is before You; And my sighing is not hidden from You. Amplified Bible Lord, all my desire is before You; And my sighing is not hidden from You. Berean Annotated Bible O Lord {Adonai}, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You. Christian Standard Bible Lord, my every desire is in front of you; my sighing is not hidden from you. Holman Christian Standard Bible Lord, my every desire is known to You; my sighing is not hidden from You. American Standard Version Lord, all my desire is before thee; And my groaning is not hid from thee. Contemporary English Version You, Lord, know every one of my deepest desires, and my noisy groans are no secret to you. English Revised Version Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee. GOD'S WORD® Translation You know all my desires, O Lord, and my groaning has not been hidden from you. Good News Translation O Lord, you know what I long for; you hear all my groans. International Standard Version Lord, all my longings are before you, and my groaning is not hidden from you. NET Bible O Lord, you understand my heart's desire; my groaning is not hidden from you. New Heart English Bible Lord, all my desire is before you. My groaning is not hidden from you. Webster's Bible Translation Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee. Majority Text Translations Majority Standard BibleO Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You. World English Bible Lord, all my desire is before you. My groaning is not hidden from you. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionLord, all my desire [is] before You, "" And my sighing has not been hid from You. Berean Literal Bible O Lord, all my desire is before You, and my groaning is not hidden from You. Young's Literal Translation Lord, before Thee is all my desire, And my sighing from Thee hath not been hid. Smith's Literal Translation I was languid and crushed even greatly: I roared from the groaning of my heart. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleLord, all my desire is before thee, and my groaning is not hidden from thee. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible My Lord, my deepest yearning is before you; my groaning is not hidden from you. New Revised Standard Version O Lord, all my longing is known to you; my sighing is not hidden from you. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleO LORD, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hidden from thee. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated LORD JEHOVAH, all my desire is before you and my sighs are not hidden from you. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Lord, all my desire is before Thee; And my sighing is not hid from Thee. Brenton Septuagint Translation But all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hidden from thee. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible (Voice ▾ Musical ▾) Context Do Not Rebuke Me in Your Anger…8I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart. 9O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You. 10My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.… Cross References O Lord, my every desire is before You; Psalm 10:17 You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear, Psalm 145:19 He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them. Psalm 21:2 You have granted his heart’s desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah my groaning is not hidden from You. Exodus 2:23-24 After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God. / So God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Psalm 5:1-2 For the choirmaster, to be accompanied by flutes. A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O LORD; consider my groaning. / Attend to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to You I pray. Psalm 31:10 For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away. 1 Peter 5:7 Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you. Matthew 6:8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him. 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. / And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. Hebrews 4:13 Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account. Psalm 139:1-4 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known me. / You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar. / You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways. … Jeremiah 12:3 But You know me, O LORD; You see me and test my heart toward You. Drag away the wicked like sheep to the slaughter and set them apart for the day of carnage. Job 23:10 Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold. 1 John 3:20 Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things. Matthew 11:28-30 Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. / Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. / For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” Psalm 6:6-9 I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears. / My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes. / Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard my weeping. … Treasury of Scripture Lord, all my desire is before you; and my groaning is not hid from you. groaning Psalm 102:5,20 By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin… John 1:48 Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee. Romans 8:22,23,26,27 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now… Jump to Previous Desire Groaning Hid Hidden Kept Longing Open Secret Sighing SorrowJump to Next Desire Groaning Hid Hidden Kept Longing Open Secret Sighing SorrowPsalm 38 1. David moves God to take compassion on his pitiful caseO Lord, my every desire is before You; David lays his deepest longings openly before the covenant God who sees the heart and rules over every circumstance. Nothing in his suffering, hopes, or need for deliverance lies beyond the Lord’s knowledge. Psa 10:17 You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble;… my groaning is not hidden from You. His inward anguish is fully known to God. Though his distress may be unseen by others, the Lord hears the lament of His servant and remains attentive to his need. Exo 2:23-24 After a long time, the king of Egypt died.… Persons / Places / Events 1. DavidTraditionally attributed as the author of Psalm 38, David is expressing his deep distress and reliance on God. This psalm is a penitential psalm, reflecting David's repentance and plea for God's mercy. 2. The Lord (Yahweh) The psalm is directed to God, emphasizing His omniscience and compassion. David acknowledges God's awareness of his innermost desires and sufferings. 3. Groaning Represents the deep, often wordless, expression of pain and longing. It signifies the depth of David's emotional and spiritual turmoil. Teaching Points God's OmniscienceGod knows our desires and struggles even when we cannot articulate them. We can find comfort in His complete understanding of our hearts. Honest Prayer Like David, we should bring our deepest desires and pains before God, trusting that He hears and understands us fully. Dependence on God In times of distress, we should rely on God, knowing that He is aware of our situation and is compassionate towards us. Repentance and Humility Acknowledge our sins and weaknesses before God, seeking His forgiveness and strength to overcome them. Emotional Expression It is healthy and biblical to express our emotions to God, knowing that He is a safe refuge for our groaning and lament. Bible Study Questions and Answers 1. What is the meaning of Psalm 38:9?2. How does Psalm 38:9 encourage us to express our desires to God? 3. What does "all my sighing is not hidden" reveal about God's awareness? 4. How can Psalm 38:9 deepen our understanding of God's omniscience? 5. Connect Psalm 38:9 with another verse about God's knowledge of our hearts. 6. How can we apply the transparency shown in Psalm 38:9 to our prayers? 7. How does Psalm 38:9 reflect the human condition of suffering and divine awareness? 8. What does Psalm 38:9 reveal about God's understanding of human emotions and desires? 9. How does Psalm 38:9 challenge the belief in God's omniscience and personal involvement? 10. What are the top 10 Lessons from Psalm 38? (9) All my desire.--Notice the clutch at the thought of divine justice, as the clutch of a drowning man amid that sea of trouble.Verses 9-14. - In this second strophe the physical are subordinated to the moral sufferings; the former being touched on in one verse only (ver. 10), the latter occupying the rest of the section. Of these the most tangible are the pain caused by the desertion of his "lovers," "friends," and "kinsmen" (ver. 11), and the alarm arising from the action taken, simultaneously, by his ill wishers and adversaries (ver. 12). These afflictions have reduced him to a condition of silence - almost of apathy, such as is described in vers. 13, 14. Verse 9. - Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee. This has been called "the first indication of hope in this psalm;" but there is a gleam of hope in the prayer of ver. 1. Hope, however, does here show itself more plainly than before. The psalmist has laid "all his desire" before God, and feels that God is weighing and considering it. He has also opened to him "all his groanings" - uttered freely all his complaint. This he could have been led to do only from a conviction that God was not irrevocably offended with him, but might, by repentance, confession, and earnest striving after amendment (ver. 20), be reconciled, and induced to become his Defence (ver. 15) and his Salvation (ver. 22). Psalm 38:9 captures a heart laid bare. David addresses the LORD directly, trusting His covenant faithfulness; he confesses that all desires already lie in full view and that even unspoken groans reach God’s ear. The verse invites believers to abandon pretense, bring every longing before the Lord, and rest in the assurance that no sigh is overlooked by the One who sees, knows, and cares. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew O Lord,אֲֽדֹנָי (’ăḏō·nāy) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 136: The Lord my every כָל־ (ḵāl) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every desire תַּאֲוָתִ֑י (ta·’ă·wā·ṯî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 8378: A longing, a delight [is] before You; נֶגְדְּךָ֥ (neḡ·də·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular Strong's 5048: A front, part opposite, a counterpart, mate, over against, before my groaning וְ֝אַנְחָתִ֗י (wə·’an·ḥā·ṯî) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 585: A sighing, groaning is not לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no hidden נִסְתָּֽרָה׃ (nis·tā·rāh) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 5641: To hide, conceal from You. מִמְּךָ֥ (mim·mə·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of Additonal Resources Psalm 38:9 Blue Letter BiblePsalm 38:9 Bible Gateway Psalm 38:9 Bible.com Psalm 38:9 NIV |
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