Psa 38:10-13 | NET2full | STEP | My heart beats quickly ; my strength leaves me. I can hardly see .

‏ Psalms 38:10-13

10 My heart beats quickly;
my strength leaves me.
I can hardly see. ^{▼▼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).}
11 Because of my condition, ^{▼▼tn Or “wound,” or “illness.”} even my friends and acquaintances keep their distance; ^{▼▼tn Heb “stand [aloof].”}
my neighbors stand far away. ^{▼▼tn Heb “and the ones near me off at a distance stand.”}
12 Those who seek my life try to entrap me; ^{▼▼tn Heb “lay snares.”}
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. ^{▼▼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).}