Psalms 38:15
For in thee, O Jehovah, do I hope: Thou wilt answer, O Lord my God.
ASV Byzantine Text
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, Lest they rejoice over me: When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
Cross References
Psalms 17:6I have called upon thee, for thou wilt answer me, O God: Incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
Psalms 123:1Unto thee do I lift up mine eyes, O thou that sittest in the heavens.
Isaiah 53:7He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he opened not his mouth; as a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is dumb, so 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 →