Psalms 38:15
(38-16) For in Thee, O LORD, do I hope; Thou wilt answer, O Lord my God.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
In Context
14(38-15) Yea, I am become as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no arguments.
Cross References
Psalms 17:6As for me, I call upon Thee, for Thou wilt answer me, O God; incline Thine ear unto me, hear my speech.
Psalms 123:1A Song of Ascents. Unto Thee I lift up mine eyes, O Thou that art enthroned in the heavens.
Isaiah 53:7He was oppressed, though he humbled himself and opened not his mouth; as a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before her shearers is dumb; yea, 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 →