Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
Every desire and inward groaning is laid openly before God, fully known to him and not hidden from him, as David showed. Sincere prayer is the pouring out of the soul's needs before him, including longings too deep for outward display. The verse is the language of one truly sorry for sin, humbled in his own eyes by knowing his own heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked, whose sorrowful groaning over sin is laid before God. Such earnest longing poured out to God makes everything else under heaven feel empty.
Every desire and inward groaning is laid openly before God, fully known to him and not hidden from him, as David showed. Sincere prayer is the pouring out of the soul's needs before him, including longings too deep for outward display. The verse is the language of one truly sorry for sin, humbled in his own eyes by knowing his own heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked, whose sorrowful groaning over sin is laid before God. Such earnest longing poured out to God makes everything else under heaven feel empty.