Psalms 38:16
For I said, Lest they rejoice over me: When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
American Standard Version
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In Context
15For in thee, O Jehovah, do I hope: Thou wilt answer, O Lord my God.
17For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me.
Cross References
Psalms 13:3Consider [and] answer me, O Jehovah my God: Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the [sleep of] death;
Psalms 94:18When I said, My foot slippeth; Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, held me up.
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 →