Psalms 38:9

9 Lord, my longings are sitting in plain sight, my groans an old story to you.

Psalms 38:9 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 38:9

Lord, all my desire [is] before thee
To be delivered from his afflictions, to have a discovery and application of pardoning grace, and to have communion with his God: the desire of his soul was unto these things; and it was some satisfaction to him that it was before the Lord, and known unto him, before whom all things are naked and open;

and my groaning is not hid from thee;
under the weight of his affliction, the burden of his sin, and which he expressed in prayer to the Lord, and which is often done with groanings which cannot be uttered: but even these are known and understood by the Lord.

Psalms 38:9 In-Context

7 All my insides are on fire, my body is a wreck.

8 I'm on my last legs; I've had it - my life is a vomit of groans.

9 Lord, my longings are sitting in plain sight, my groans an old story to you.

10 My heart's about to break; I'm a burned-out case. Cataracts blind me to God and good;

11 old friends avoid me like the plague. My cousins never visit, my neighbors stab me in the back.