38:8 I am numb with pain and severely battered; 1
I groan loudly because of the anxiety I feel. 2
38:9 O Lord, you understand my heart’s desire; 3
my groaning is not hidden from you.
38:10 My heart beats quickly;
my strength leaves me;
I can hardly see. 4
38:11 Because of my condition, 5 even my friends and acquaintances keep their distance; 6
my neighbors stand far away. 7
1 tn Heb “I am numb and crushed to excess.”
2 tn Heb “I roar because of the moaning of my heart.”
3 tn Heb “O Lord, before you [is] all my desire.”
4 tn Heb “and the light of my eyes, even they, there is not with me.” The “light of the eyes” may refer to physical energy (see 1 Sam 14:27, 29), life itself (Ps 13:3), or the ability to see (Prov 29:23).
5 tn Or “wound,” or “illness.”
6 tn Heb “stand [aloof].”
7 tn Heb “and the ones near me off at a distance stand.”