Font Size
Psalm 38:10-13
New English Translation
Psalm 38:10-13
New English Translation
10 My heart beats quickly;
my strength leaves me.
I can hardly see.[a]
11 Because of my condition,[b] even my friends and acquaintances keep their distance;[c]
my neighbors stand far away.[d]
12 Those who seek my life try to entrap me;[e]
those who want to harm me speak destructive words.
All day long they say deceitful things.
13 But I am like a deaf man—I hear nothing;
I am like a mute who cannot speak.[f]
Footnotes
- Psalm 38:10 tn Heb “and the light of my eyes, even they, there is not with me.” The “light of the eyes” may refer to physical energy (see 1 Sam 14:27, 29), life itself (Ps 13:3), or the ability to see (Prov 29:23).
- Psalm 38:11 tn Or “wound,” or “illness.”
- Psalm 38:11 tn Heb “stand [aloof].”
- Psalm 38:11 tn Heb “and the ones near me off at a distance stand.”
- Psalm 38:12 tn Heb “lay snares.”
- Psalm 38:13 sn I am like a deaf man…like a mute. The psalmist is like a deaf mute; he is incapable of defending himself and is vulnerable to his enemies’ deception (see v. 14).
New English Translation (NET)
NET Bible® copyright ©1996-2017 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. http://netbible.com All rights reserved.