What Does Psalm 38:9 Mean in the King James?
Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
Your desire and your groaning are both already visible to God.
THE MEANING
Your desire is before God now, and your groaning is not hidden from him. What has not become a clear sentence remains present to him in its own form.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The belief that what you cannot fully articulate is hidden from God dissolves here: your desire and groaning are already before him.
THE ROOT
נִסְתְּרָה
nisterah
GROWS FROM
סתר
s-t-r
To hide or conceal; to put out of sight.
“hid” in this verse is nisterah. The verse uses this root in a form meaning “is hidden,” then denies that the groaning is concealed from God. Its branches evoke both the act of hiding and the hidden place itself: even what seems inward and out of sight remains before him.
ALSO GROWS
satar: To hide or conceal.
סָתַר
This is the root’s basic action, the very concealment the verse says does not separate the groaning from God’s awareness.
seter: A hiding place; something secret.
סֵתֶר
The branch suggests a place of concealment, yet the verse leaves no hidden place beyond God’s knowledge.
histir: He hid or concealed.
הִסְתִּיר
This causative form names the act of keeping something out of sight; the verse says the groaning is not kept from God.
THE PATTERN
What is inward or wordless remains present to God.
Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.Likewise 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.THE THREAD
Likewise 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.As in Psalm 38:9, groaning is not excluded from divine knowing because it lacks clear words. Romans names groanings that cannot be uttered as part of intercession, so the wordless groan remains a real form of presence.
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