Psalms 38:16

(38-17) For I said: 'Lest they rejoice over me; when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.'

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

In Context

15(38-16) For in Thee, O LORD, do I hope; Thou wilt answer, O Lord my God.

17(38-18) For I am ready to halt, and my pain is continually before me.

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Cross References

Psalms 13:3(13-4) Behold Thou, and answer me, O LORD my God; lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;

Psalms 94:18If I say: 'My foot slippeth', Thy mercy, O LORD, holdeth 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 →

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