Psalms 38:17
For I said: Lest at any time my enemies rejoice over me : and whilst my feet are moved, they speak great things against me.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
In Context
16For in thee, O Lord, have I hoped : thou wilt hear me, O Lord my God.
18For I am ready for scourges : and my sorrow is continually before me.
Cross References
Psalms 13:5lest at any time my enemy say: I have prevailed against him. They that trouble me will rejoice when I am moved:
Psalms 35:19Let not them that are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me : who have hated me without cause, and wink with the eyes.
Psalms 77:2I cried to the Lord with my voice; to God with my voice, and he gave ear to me.
Micah 4:6In that day, saith the Lord, I will gather up her that halteth: and her that I had cast out, I will gather up: and her whom I had afflicted.
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 →