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Psalms 38:11 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 38:11Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 38:1110 words
HebrewMeaning
לִבִּ֣/יlibiy
heart mynounH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
סְ֭חַרְחַרsəḥarəḥar
it palpitatesverbH5503
merchant · occupy with · pant · trade ···
עֲזָבַ֣/נִיʿăzābaniy
it has left meverbH5800
fail · forsake · fortify · help ···
כֹחִ֑/יkōḥiy
strength mynounH3581
able · chameleon · force · fruits ···
וְֽ/אוֹרwəʾwōr
and the light ofconjH216
clear · day · light · morning ···
עֵינַ֥/יʿēynay
eyes mynounH5869
outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···
גַּםgam
alsoparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
הֵ֝֗םhēm
theyprepH1992
like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···
אֵ֣יןʾēyn
notparticleH369
except · fail · less · be gone ···
אִתִּֽ/יʾitiy
are with mepronH854
among · before · by · for ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 38:11

A psalm to David himself, on the remembrance of the Sabbath. 1. What does this recollection of the Sabbath mean? What is this Sabbath? For it is with groaning that he “calls it to recollection.” You have both heard already when the Psalm was read, and you will now hear it when we shall go over it, how great is his groaning, his mourning, his tears, his misery. But happy he who is wretched after this manner! Whence the Lord also in the Gospel Matthew 5:4 called some who mourn…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 38 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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