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Psalms 38:9

Psalms 38:9 is verse 9 of Psalms chapter 38, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You.

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King James Version

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

World English Bible

Lord, all my desire is before you. My groaning is not hidden from you.

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Psalms 38:7–11 · Berean Standard Bible

7 For my loins are full of burning pain, and no soundness remains in my body.

8 I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.

9 O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You.

10 My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.

11 My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Psalms 102:5

Through my loud groaning my flesh clings to my bones.

Psalms 102:20

to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,

John 1:48

“How do You know me?” Nathanael asked. Jesus replied, “Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.”

Romans 8:22

We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time.

Romans 8:23

Not only that, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.

Romans 8:26

In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words.

Romans 8:27

And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

2 Corinthians 5:2

For in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling,

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