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Psalms 38:10

My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 38:11.

לִבִּ֣יlibicomfortablyלֵבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “comfortably”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3820the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything[phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom]…סְ֭חַרְחַרsecharcharmerchantסָחַרverb, pealal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “merchant”, a completed actionH5503to travel round (specifically as a pedlar); intensively, to palpitatego about, merchant(-man), occupy with, pant, trade, traffick.עֲזָבַ֣נִיazavanicommit selfעָזַבverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “commit self”, a completed actionH5800to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.commit self, fail, forsake, fortify, help, leave (destitute, off), refuse, [idiom] surely.כֹחִ֑יkhochiforceכֹּחַnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “force”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3581vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizardability, able, chameleon, force, fruits, might, power(-ful), strength, substance, wealth.וְֽאוֹרveorand brightאוֹרconjunction, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “and bright”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH216illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)bright, clear, [phrase] day, light (-ning), morning, sun.עֵינַ֥יeynayeye , , -sightעַיִןnoun, common, both genders, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “eye , , -sight”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him…גַּםgamalsoגַּםparticle, affirmation — “also”H1571properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...andagain, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)...and, but, either...or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay...neither, one, then(-refore), though, what, with, yea.הֵ֝֗םhemtheyהֵםpronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “they”H1992they (only used when emphatic)it, like, [idiom] (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, [idiom] so, [idiom] such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.אֵ֣יןeynelseאַיִןparticle, negative — “else”H369a non-entity; generally used as a negative particleelse, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare H370 (אַיִן).אִתִּֽיitiamongאֵתpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “among”H854properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.against, among, before, by, for, from, in(-to), (out) of, with. Often with another prepositional prefix.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(38-11) My heart fluttereth, my strength faileth me; as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

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American Standard Version (1901)

My heart throbbeth, my strength faileth me: As for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

Young’s Literal Translation

My heart [is] panting, my power hath forsaken me, And the light of mine eyes, Even they are not with me.

World English Bible

My heart throbs. My strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it has also left me.

Darby Translation

My heart throbbeth, my strength hath left me; and the light of mine eyes, it also is no more with me.

Douay-Rheims

I was dumb, and I opened not my mouth, because thou hast done it.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(38-11) My heart fluttereth, my strength faileth me; as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

My heart is troubled, my strength has failed me; and the light of mine eyes is not with me.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἡ καρδία μου ἐταράχθη, ἐγκατέλιπέ με ἡ ἰσχύς μου, καὶ τὸ φῶς τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν μου οὐκ ἔστι μετʼ ἐμοῦ.