Psalm 38:9
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.

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.

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.

Majority Standard Bible
O Lord, my every desire is before You; 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.

World English Bible
Lord, all my desire is before you. My groaning is not hidden from you.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Lord, all my desire [is] before You, "" And my sighing has not been hid 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 Bible
Lord, all my desire is before thee, and my groaning is not hidden from thee.

Catholic Public Domain Version
O Lord, all my desire is before you, and my groaning before you has not been hidden.

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 Bible
O 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 1917
Lord, 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



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
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. ...

Psalm 102:1-2
A prayer of one who is afflicted, when he grows faint and pours out his lament before the LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come before You. / Do not hide Your face from me in my day of distress. Incline Your ear to me; answer me quickly when I call.

Isaiah 40:27-31
Why do you say, O Jacob, and why do you assert, O Israel, “My way is hidden from the LORD, and my claim is ignored by my God”? / Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out. / He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak. ...

Psalm 142:1-3
A Maskil of David, when he was in the cave. A prayer. I cry aloud to the LORD; I lift my voice to the LORD for mercy. / I pour out my complaint before Him; I reveal my trouble to Him. / Although my spirit grows faint within me, You know my way. Along the path I travel they have hidden a snare for me.

Philippians 4:6-7
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. / And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Psalm 56:8
You have taken account of my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle—are they not in Your book?


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…

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Psalm 38
1. David moves God to take compassion on his pitiful case














O Lord
This phrase is a direct address to God, emphasizing a personal relationship with the divine. The Hebrew word used here is "Yahweh," the covenant name of God, which signifies His eternal presence and faithfulness. In the context of the psalm, it reflects the psalmist's acknowledgment of God's sovereignty and his reliance on God's intimate knowledge of his heart and circumstances.

my every desire
The Hebrew word for "desire" is "ta'awah," which can also mean longing or wish. This indicates a deep, heartfelt yearning that encompasses all aspects of the psalmist's life. It suggests that nothing is hidden from God, and He is aware of the innermost thoughts and aspirations of His people. This phrase reassures believers that God is attentive to their deepest needs and desires, even those unspoken.

is before You
The phrase "is before You" implies that God is fully aware and present with the psalmist's desires. The Hebrew word "neged" means in front of or in the presence of. This conveys the idea that God is not distant or detached but is actively engaged with the psalmist's life. It is a comforting reminder that God sees and understands everything about us, and nothing escapes His notice.

my groaning
The term "groaning" comes from the Hebrew word "anachah," which denotes a deep, often involuntary expression of pain or distress. This word captures the intensity of the psalmist's suffering and emotional turmoil. It reflects the human condition of experiencing profound sorrow and the need to express it before God, who is compassionate and responsive to our cries.

is not hidden from You
This phrase emphasizes God's omniscience. The Hebrew root "satar" means to hide or conceal. The psalmist acknowledges that even his groaning, which might be silent or internal, is fully known to God. This is a powerful affirmation of God's intimate knowledge of our struggles and His willingness to engage with us in our most vulnerable moments. It encourages believers to be transparent with God, trusting that He is aware of and cares for their every need.

(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).

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


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