Psalms 38:9

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

Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee - thine omniscience knows that I do not exaggerate my wretchedness in order to move thy compassion.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 38:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Lord, all my desire is before thee - That is, Thou knowest all that I would ask or that I need. This is the expression of one who felt that his o...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

XXXVIII. A Penitential Psalm. After a short prayer for pity (verbally identical with Psalms 6:2 ), the poet describes his bodily and mental pains,...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

LORD *. Primitive text was Jehovah. One of the 134 emendations of the Sopherim. App-32.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

9 O Lord! thou knowest all my desire. He adds this, not so much in respect of God, as to strengthen himself in the hope of obtaining some al...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 567 DAVID’S DISTRESS AND CONSOLATION Psalms 38:1-9 . O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure: f...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee. Lord, all my desire is before thee - I long for nothing so much as thy fa...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This Ps. may be compared with Psalms 6 . It is the prayer of one who, like Job, is in great bodily suffering ( Psalms 38:1-10 ), and is also deserte...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

All my desire. — Notice the clutch at the thought of divine justice, as the clutch of a drowning man amid that sea of trouble.
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 38:1-22 THIS is a long-drawn wail. passionate at first, but gradually calming itself into submission and trust, though never passing from t...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is the third of what are known as the penitential psalms. The circumstances of the singer were most distressing. He was suffering from some terr...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Let any man read these verses, and then turn to the gospel, and his mind must be led out to remark the striking similarity between what is here said...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I have roared Hebrew, שׁאגתי, sha-agti, roared like a lion , or a bear, namely, through extreme misery; by reason of the disquietness of my heart...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Sorrowful Complaints. A psalm of David to bring to remembrance. 1...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I do not utter all these complaints, nor roar out, that thou mayst hear and know them, for thou hearest and knowest even my lowest groans; yea, mine...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 38:9 I. This passage, strictly and plainly interpreted, represents a fact that is without exception: "Lord, all my desire is before Thee."...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

I am going to read two portions of Scripture. In the first, the 38 th Psalm, we shall hear a suffering servant of Jehovah crying out to his God. Ps...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

In Psalms 38:19-20 , David intimates that he was hated wrongfully, because he followed good. This psalm was composed under some new outbreaking of S...
The Biblical Illustrator

O Lord, rebuke me not in Thy wrath: neither chasten me in Thy hot displeasure. Great personal affliction I. Elements of aggravation. 1. A dr...
The Biblical Illustrator

Lord, all my desire is before Thee; and my groaning is not hid from Thee. God’s knowledge of our desires I. We have here A fact that is without...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Lord, all my desire is before Thee, Jehovah knows the longing which the sufferer feels in the midst of his misery; and my groaning is not hid from T...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 5:2 ; John 1:48 ; Psalms 102:20 ; Psalms 102:5 ; Romans 8:22 ; Romans 8:23 ; Romans 8:26 ; Romans 8:27

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

Related Commentaries of Psalms 38:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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