Psalms 38:15

For in thee, Jehovah, do I hope: *thou* wilt answer, O Lord my God.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.

In Context

14Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

16For I said, Let them not rejoice over me! When my foot slipped, they magnified [themselves] against me.

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Cross References

Psalms 17:6I have called upon thee, for thou answerest me, O God. Incline thine ear unto me, hear my speech.

Psalms 123:1{A Song of degrees.} Unto thee do I lift up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens.

Isaiah 53:7He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, but he opened not his mouth; he was led as a lamb to the slaughter, and was as a sheep dumb before her shearers, and he opened not his mouth.

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 →

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