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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 saith 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• 5From the voice of my groaning{HR}My bone cleaveth to my flesh.
 20To hear the groaning of the prisoner,{HR}To loose the sons of death, (Psa. 102:5,20)
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John 1:48• 48Nathanael saith 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 all the creation groaneth together and travaileth together until now;
 23and not only [so], but ourselves too, having the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves within ourselves are groaning, awaiting [the] adoption, the redemption of our body.
 26And likewise too the Spirit joineth help to our weakness; for what we should pray for as we ought we know not, but the Spirit itself pleadeth [for us] with unutterable groanings;
 27and he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what [is] the mind of the Spirit, because according to God it pleadeth in behalf of saints. (Rom. 8:22‑23,26‑27)
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2 Cor. 5:2• 2For also in this we groan, longing to clothe ourselves with our dwelling 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. (“Psalm 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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O Lord, before thee [is] all my desire,{HR}And my sighing hath not been hidden from thee.