the Week of Proper 14 / Ordinary 19
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Psaumes 38:10
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Mon coeur bat fort, ma force m'a abandonné, et la lumière de mes yeux aussi n'est plus avec moi.
Mon coeur est agité, ma force m'abandonne, Et la lumière de mes yeux n'est plus même avec moi.
Mon cœur est agité çà et là , ma force m'a abandonné, et la clarté aussi de mes yeux : même ils ne sont plus avec moi.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
heart: Psalms 42:1, Psalms 119:81-83, Psalms 143:4-7, Isaiah 21:4
the light: Psalms 6:7, Psalms 69:3, Psalms 88:9, Psalms 119:123, 1 Samuel 14:27-29, Lamentations 2:11, Lamentations 5:16, Lamentations 5:17
gone from: Heb. not with
Reciprocal: Psalms 31:22 - I am Luke 10:31 - he passed
Gill's Notes on the Bible
My heart panteth,.... Or "goes about" m; runs here and there, and finds no rest; as Aben Ezra interprets the word from the Targum he cites; though the Targum we have renders it, "my heart shakes with fear", or dread, as persons in a fever. Jarchi interprets the word, surrounded with grief; it denotes the panting or palpitation of the heart, through sorrow and dread, and the failing of it, even as at death;
my strength faileth me, or "forsakes me" n; bodily strength and spiritual strength; the strength of faith, hope, and confidence;
as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me; which is often the case of persons under bodily disorders, their eyes grow dim, and sight fails them; and this might be true in a spiritual sense of the psalmist, who had lost sight of God as his covenant God; of his interest in his love, in the blessings of his grace, and in eternal salvation, and was walking in darkness, and saw no light.
m סחרחר "circuivit", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus. n עזבני "dereliquit me", Pagninus, Montanus, Junius Tremellius, Piscator so Musculus, Cocceius.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
My heart panteth - The word rendered “panteth,” in its original form, means properly to go about; to travel around; and then, to travel around as a merchant or pedlar, or for purposes of traffic: Genesis 23:16; Genesis 37:28; Genesis 42:34. Applied to the heart, as it is here, it means to move about rapidly; to palpitate; to beat quick. It is an expression of pain and distress, indicated by a rapid beating of the heart.
My strength faileth me - It is rapidly failing. He regarded himself as rapidly approaching death.
As for the light of mine eyes - My vision; my sight.
It also is gone from me - Margin, as in Hebrew: “is not with me.” This is usually an indication of approaching death; and it would seem from all these symptoms that he appeared to be drawing near to the end of life. Compare Psalms 13:3; Psalms 6:7; Psalms 31:9.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 38:10. My heart panteth — סחרחר secharchar, flutters, palpitates, through fear and alarm.
My strength faileth — Not being able to take nourishment.
The light of mine eyes - is gone — I can scarcely discern any thing through the general decay of my health and vigour, particularly affecting my sight.
