Psalms 37:11 (DRB)

Passage

My heart is troubled, my strength hath left me, and the light of my eyes itself is not with me.

Nearby Context

Psalms 37:9 I am afflicted and humbled exceedingly: I roared with the groaning of my heart.

Psalms 37:10 Lord, all my desire is before thee, and my groaning is not hidden from thee.

Psalms 37:11 My heart is troubled, my strength hath left me, and the light of my eyes itself is not with me.

Psalms 37:12 My friends and my neighbours have drawn near, and stood against me. And they that were near me stood afar off:

Psalms 37:13 And they that sought my soul used violence. And they that sought evils to me spoke vain things, and studied deceits all the day long.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "light", "heart", "troubled", "strength", "hath", "left", and "eyes". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "light" and "heart", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "Lord all my desire is before thee..." into verse 12's "My friends and my neighbours have drawn...", so "light" and "heart" belong inside that flow. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "light" and "heart" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.