Psalm 38:9

9 Lord, all my desire [is] before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.

Psalm 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.

Psalm 38:9 In-Context

7 For my loins are filled with a lothsome [disease]: and [there is] no soundness in my flesh.

8 I am feeble and grievously broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

9 Lord, all my desire [is] before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.

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

11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my affliction; and my kinsmen stand afar off.