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Psalm 38

Sal. 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.

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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 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.