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10 My heart is pounding.
    My strength is gone, and I am going blind.[a]
11 Because of my sickness,
    my friends and neighbors will not visit me;
    my family will not come near me.
12 My enemies say bad things about me.
    They are spreading lies and rumors.
    They talk about me all the time.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 38:10 I am going blind Or “My eyes have lost their sparkle.” Literally, “Even the light of my eyes is no longer with me.”

10 My heart pounds,(A) my strength fails(B) me;
    even the light has gone from my eyes.(C)
11 My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds;(D)
    my neighbors stay far away.
12 Those who want to kill me set their traps,(E)
    those who would harm me talk of my ruin;(F)
    all day long they scheme and lie.(G)

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