KJV King James Version
Lord, all my desire [is] before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
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Psalm 38:9
Lord, all my desire [is] before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You.
WEB World English Bible
Lord, all my desire is before you. My groaning is not hidden from you.
ASV American Standard Version
Lord, all my desire is before thee; And my groaning is not hid from thee.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Lord, before Thee is all my desire, And my sighing from Thee hath not been hid.
Surrounding context — Psalm 38
6 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome [disease]: and [there is] no soundness in my flesh.
8 I am feeble and sore 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 mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
12 They also that seek after my life lay snares [for me]: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
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Psalm 10:17LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:2 Corinthians 5:2For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:Psalm 6:6I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.Romans 8:26-27Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.John 1:48Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.Psalm 102:5By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.Romans 8:22-23For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.Psalm 102:20To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
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