Psalms 38:17
(38-18) For I am ready to halt, and my pain is continually before me.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
In Context
18(38-19) For I do declare mine iniquity; I am full of care because of my sin.
Cross References
Psalms 13:5(13-6) But as for me, in Thy mercy do I trust; my heart shall rejoice in Thy salvation.
Psalms 35:19Let not them that are wrongfully mine enemies rejoice over me; neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
Psalms 77:2(77-3) In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord; with my hand uplifted, mine eye streameth in the night without ceasing; my soul refuseth to be comforted.
Micah 4:6In that day, saith the LORD, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven away, and her that I have 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 →