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Psalm 38

Psa. 38:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Lord
'Adonay (Hebrew #136)
the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
KJV usage: (my) Lord.
Pronounce: ad-o-noy'
Origin: am emphatic form of 113
, all my desire
ta'avah (Hebrew #8378)
a longing; by implication, a delight (subjectively, satisfaction, objectively, a charm)
KJV usage: dainty, desire, X exceedingly, X greedily, lust(ing), pleasant. See also 6914.
Pronounce: tah-av-aw'
Origin: from 183 (abbreviated)
is befored thee; and my groaning
'anachah (Hebrew #585)
sighing
KJV usage: groaning, mourn, sigh.
Pronounce: an-aw-khaw'
Origin: from 585
is not hid
cathar (Hebrew #5641)
to hide (by covering), literally or figuratively
KJV usage: be absent, keep close, conceal, hide (self), (keep) secret, X surely.
Pronounce: saw-thar'
Origin: a primitive root
from thee.
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John 1:48• 48Nathanael says to him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said to him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig-tree, I saw thee. (John 1:48)

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Lord.Instead of {adonay,} "Lord," several MSS. read {yehowah,} "Jehovah."groaning.
Psa. 102:5,20• 5By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones cleave to my flesh.
 20To hear the groaning of the prisoner, to loose those that are appointed to die; (Psa. 102:5,20)
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John 1:48• 48Nathanael says to him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said to him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig-tree, I saw thee. (John 1:48)
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Rom. 8:22‑23,26‑27• 22For we know that the whole creation groans together and travails in pain together until now.
 23And not only that, but even *we* ourselves, who have the first-fruits of the Spirit, we also ourselves groan in ourselves, awaiting adoption, that is the redemption of our body.
 26And in like manner the Spirit joins also its help to our weakness; for we do not know what we should pray for as is fitting, but the Spirit itself makes intercession with groanings which cannot be uttered.
 27But he who searches the hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because he intercedes for saints according to God. (Rom. 8:22‑23,26‑27)
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2 Cor. 5:2• 2For indeed in this we groan, ardently desiring to have put on our house which is from heaven; (2 Cor. 5:2)
• In the circumstances of the trial one looks to the hand and thoughts of Him who inflicts it, and interprets the ways of God because all comes from His hand, and looks to His thoughts in it. And hence, the conscious relationship being present, the heart gets into the power of it as a purifying, more than a wrathful, process. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 37-39” by J.N. Darby)
• He takes comfort from the fact, that, if his sin is before the Lord, so also his “groaning is not hid” from the Lord. (“Psalms 38” by H. Smith)
• Overcome with grief over their own sins and persecution from the ungodly Jews (vs. 9-17). (“Book 1.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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