Psalms 38:17
\38:16\I said, Let them not be glad over me; when my foot is moved, let them not be lifted up with pride against me.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
In Context
16\38:15\In you, O Lord, is my hope: you will give me an answer, O Lord, my God.
18\38:17\My feet are near to falling, and my sorrow is ever before me.
Cross References
Psalms 13:5But I have had faith in your mercy; my heart will be glad in your salvation.
Psalms 35:19Do not let my haters be glad over me falsely; let not those who are against me without cause make sport of me.
Psalms 77:2\77:1\I was crying to God with my voice; even to God with my voice, and he gave ear to me.
Micah 4:6In that day, says the Lord, I will get together her who goes with uncertain steps, I will get together her who has been sent away, and her on whom I have sent evil;
Matthew Henry on Psalms 38:13-22
Sorrowful Complaints. 12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long. 13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth. 14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs. 15 For in thee, O Lord , do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. 16 For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves… Read the whole commentary →